FLATS AND APARTMENTS MARKET - UK 2008-2012

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY & FUTURE PROSPECTS

• 2.1 CURRENT MARKET STATUS
• 2.2 FUTURE PROSPECTS

3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

• 3.1 GDP
• 3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES
• 3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT
• 3.4 HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
• 3.5 HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION
• 3.6 STERLING
• 3.7 POPULATION PROFILE
• 3.8 CONCLUSIONS

4. THE NEW HOUSING MARKET

• 4.1 DEFINITION
• 4.2 OVERALL MARKET PERFORMANCE
  • 4.2.1 Housing Starts and Completions by Volume
  • 4.2.2 Value of Housebuilding
  • 4.2.3 Key Influencing Factors on New Housebuilding
• 4.3 HOUSING COMPLETIONS
  • 4.3.1 Overall Figures
  • 4.3.2 Mix of Housebuilding Completions

5. CONSTRUCTION OF FLATS

• 5.1 OVERVIEW BY COUNTRY IN UK
• 5.2 FLATS BY REGION
• 5.3 FLATS BY SIZE
• 5.4 DENSITY AND LAND USE

6. FLATS MARKET - SECTOR PROFILE

• 6.1 MIXED BY STOREYS
• 6.2 MIXED BY BEDROOMS

7. AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• 7.1 COMMUNITIES ENGLAND
• 7.2 NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMME
• 7.3 SECTION 106 AGREEMENTS
• 7.4 MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

8. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

• 8.1 OVERVIEW OF MMC
• 8.2 TIMBER FRAME

9. HOUSEBUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS

• 9.1 RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS & CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
• 9.2 REVIEW OF KEY DEVELOPERS

10. MARKET FORECASTS

• 10.1 VOLUME FORECASTS
• 10.2 FACTORS INFLUENCING TRENDS
  • 10.2.1 Buy to Let
  • 10.2.2 Buy to Leave Flats
  • 10.2.3 Socio Economic
  • 10.2.4 Zero Carbon Homes
  • 10.2.5 Code for Sustainable Homes
  • 10.2.6 Planning and Building Regulations
  • 10.2.7 Affordability
  • 10.2.8 Dwelling Size
  • 10.2.9 OFT Report
  • 10.2.10 Summary of Key Drivers

TABLES AND CHARTS

• CHART 1 UK HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS 1996 - 2012
• CHART 2 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2010
• CHART 3 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1990-2010
• TABLE 4 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2000-2008 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES
• CHART 5 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 (‘000)
• TABLE 6 PERFORMANCE OF THE UK NEW HOUSEBUILDING MARKET 1997 - 2007
• TABLE 7 UK VALUE OF HOUSEBUILDING - CONTRACTORS OUTPUT AT CURRENT PRICES (£ MILLION) 1997 - 2007
• TABLE 8 HOUSEHOLD ESTIMATES/PROJECTIONS - ENGLAND 2004 - 2029 (‘000S)
• TABLE 9 HOUSE BUILDING COMPLETIONS AND FORECASTS 1997-2012 - UNITED KINGDOM (‘000 DWELLINGS)
• CHART 10 HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS - % MIX BY HOUSES / FLATS GB 2001-2007
• CHART 11 CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLATS IN THE UK 2003 - 2007
• CHART 12 COMPLETIONS OF HOUSES AND FLATS - ENGLAND 2003-2007 BY NUMBER
• CHART13 COMPLETIONS OF FLATS BY REGION - ENGLAND 2000 - 2006
• CHART 14 FLAT COMPLETIONS BY SIZE AND TENURE- 2000-2006 - ENGLAND
• CHART 15 NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT - DENSITY (NEW DWELLINGS PER HECTARE) 1990-2006
• TABLE 16 DENSITIES OF NEW DWELLINGS BUILT, BY REGION, 2000-2006
• CHART 17 FLAT COMPLETIONS BY NUMBER OF STOREYS -ENGLAND 2006
• CHART 18 FLATS - STOREY HEIGHTS BY REGION -2006
• CHART 19 CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLATS, UK 2006/07 - BY NO. OF BEDROOMS
• CHART 20 COMPLETIONS OF FLATS BY REGION AND NO. OF BEDROOMS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS - 2006
• CHART 21 MOST POPULAR FLATS BY SIZE AND STOREYS - ENGLAND 2006
• CHART 22 MIX OF SOCIAL HOUSING - RENT / LOW COST OWNERSHIP - 2002/03 - 2007/08
• CHART 23 CONSTRUCTION OF FLATS - UK BY TYPE OF MATERIAL - TRADITIONAL, TIMBER FRAME, STEEL/CONCRETE
• CHART 24 TIMBER FRAME DWELLINGS IN THE UK - MIX BY HOUSES / FLATS 2006
• TABLE 25 MAJOR TIMBER FRAME SUPPLIERS - MARKET SHARES FLATS SECTOR - UK 2006
• CHART 26 CHANGES IN REGIONAL SPATIAL PLANNING GUIDANCE 2001-07
• TABLE 27 LEADING DEVELOPERS IN FLATS MARKET
• CHART 28 FORECAST CONSTRUCTION OF FLATS UK 2003 - 2012
• CHART 29 FORECAST CONSTRUCTION OF FLATS - ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
• CHART 30 CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES - KEY CATEGORIES OF CODE POINTS
• TABLE 31 COST PREMIUM FOR CODE LEVEL 3 OVER ECOHOMES ‘VERY GOOD'
• TABLE 32 IMPACT OF 2016 HOUSING TARGET IN ENGLAND - VOLUME MIX BY REGION AND MARKET AFFORDABILITY