Savills UK | Housing Development and Regeneration

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Savills Development and Regeneration Team is a specialist team with Savills Housing Division, working across the UK providing clients with valuation, consultancy, and transactional advice relating to affordable housing delivery and investment.

With a track record of over 30 years working in the affordable housing sector, we have unrivalled experience throughout the country of every aspect of affordable housing.

Our RP clients range from all the members of the G15 and large, national organisations, to small and specialist associations. We also work extensively with For Profit Registered Providers (FPRPs), providing a combination of Fund and Secured lending advice to some of the largest active FPRP’s, whilst also supporting new capital access the sector.

Our strategic landowner clients are focused on institutional landowners, public landowners, and PLC housebuilders to unlock affordable housing opportunities, helping local authorities bring forward under‑utilised sites and deliver much‑needed homes for their communities.

Our advice draws on market‑leading research and insights from our agency and specialist advisory network, combined with close collaboration with Savills’ regional development teams to reflect local planning and development market knowledge.

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We provide acquisition and disposal advisory across affordable housing transactions, combining deep valuation expertise with commercial insight to support pricing, negotiation strategy and execution, ultimately driving efficient and successful deal delivery.

Nationwide disposal of Section 106 and private treaty opportunities on behalf of housebuilders, with targeted engagement of Registered Providers (RPs) and institutional / impact capital.
Strategic advisory to new market entrants, supporting investment strategy formation and providing insight into established delivery and scaling models adopted by leading participants.
Proactive deal origination, sourcing off-market and on-market opportunities aligned to client mandates across target geographies housebuilders and existing for-profit RP platforms.
Acquisition advisory to funds and institutional investors, including Investment Committee (IC) paper support, underwriting analysis, comparable evidence, and end-to-end transaction management.
Advisory across both development and stabilised, income-producing assets, spanning all affordable tenures and end-user structures.

Contacts: Michal Skotny, Dan Kehoe, Phil Rankin

We work with a range of landowners that have a vested interest in promoting housing delivery. This includes public landowners promoting regeneration and the effective re-purposing of land, developers seeking to de-risk affordable housing, and promoters looking to navigate the planning system.

Supporting landowners to deliver housing programmes, including those involving estate regeneration, advising on all aspects from feasibility through to procurement.
Marketing and disposal of land through partnership structures including Development Agreements and Joint Ventures.
Deal structuring and negotiation
Partnership brokerage and management
Bid support on behalf of private developers tendering for public sector partnership opportunities

Contacts: Phil Rankin, Daniela Columbano, Robert Pert

Our specialist valuation team provides advisory services across the full spectrum of affordable housing tenures, including Social Rent, Affordable Rent, Shared Ownership, intermediate products and alternative tenures including Temporary Accommodation and Supported Housing.

We advise on valuation matters relating to residential land transactions, Section 106 opportunities, and stabilised new-build assets across the UK, supporting both public and private sector stakeholders.

Our team delivers robust, market-facing valuations for a broad range of purposes, including secured lending, acquisitions and disposals, portfolio rationalisation, and development underwriting. We also provide detailed appraisal modelling, scheme viability analysis, and valuation support for grant-funded initiatives, alongside pricing advice to underpin the sales and marketing of market sale and Shared Ownership units.

Contacts: Stephen Anderson, Katie Jeffs

Our team acts for a number of leading Affordable Housing funds, covering both development-stage and stabilised income-producing assets.

We provide valuation and advisory services across diversified, mixed-tenure portfolios, including Affordable and Social Rent, Discounted Market Rent, Shared Ownership and Temporary Accommodation. Our work spans acquisition underwriting and periodic portfolio valuation, with outputs supported by transactional evidence and current market intelligence to ensure alignment with investor, lender and auditor expectations.

Contacts: Michal Skotny, Fabian Watts

We support a wide range of organisations, supporting informed decision‑making throughout the development lifecycle, with particular expertise in mixed tenure residential development. Our consultancy offering includes:

Asset reviews to identify development potential
Site feasibility and due diligence
Development appraisals, viability, and financial modelling
Formal viability assessments to support planning applications
Programme level advice including business planning, resourcing, and governance
Leading and supporting options appraisals, business cases and funding applications
Advising on housing delivery options including commercial structures and potential development partners

Contact: Dan Kehoe, Daniela Columbano, Robert Pert

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