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The SDS blog covers land valuation, development viability, and social housing policy, written by the SDS team for UK Registered Providers and Local Authorities.
Content spans three areas: Industry Insights on sector-wide shifts, SDS Updates on the platform, and Tech & Development on how the software is built and used.
Ricky ProtaNov 29, 2023, 12:00:00 AM3 min read

Building Trust between Housing Development & Finance teams

It is important for finance and development teams to have a strong working relationship ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 28, 2023, 12:00:00 AM4 min read

IT’S AN APPRAISAL, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT…

Financial viability appraisals are very much the day job for development project ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 27, 2023, 9:00:00 AM7 min read

TAKING VIABILITY BACK TO BASICS

The Tale of Two Cash Flows The short-term development cash flow includes the key, basic ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 24, 2023, 9:00:00 AM2 min read

HOW AN ACCURATE DEVELOPMENT APPRAISAL HELPS MITIGATE RISK

Providing the best housing with the lowest risk requires a crystal ball, but since those ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 23, 2023, 11:00:00 AM3 min read

HOW DO YOU CALCULATE RESIDUAL LAND VALUE?

In economic terms, the land is worth what someone will pay for it. As land is a limited ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 22, 2023, 10:00:00 AM7 min read

HOW TO CALCULATE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV)

NPV is an acronym for Net Present Value. NPV is defined as a method of assessing the ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 22, 2023, 12:00:00 AM5 min read

6 ESSENTIALS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Project Management in Housing Development Development, particularly in the social housing ...
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Ricky ProtaNov 22, 2023, 12:00:00 AM4 min read

APPRAISAL SPREADSHEETS VS. DEVELOPMENT APPRAISAL SOFTWARE

Many development companies start out using generic spreadsheets to assess the viability ...
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