Property Hub

This is the prime location for informed opinion on property matters: finance, law, development, investment, planning, taxation, offices, retail, industrial, distribution, residential, healthcare, hotels and leisure. If it’s property, it’s in the remit. In online courses, conferences, webinars, and journals, we make sure the important issues are covered – sound, comprehensive and thorough.

Here to keep you informed; because it’s knowledge that underpins value – CPD at its very best. 

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Paul is a Chartered Surveyor and holds an MSc in Urban Planning and is a fellow of the Higher Education Acadamy. He started his career with the Valuation Office in Northern Ireland but semi- retired lectures part-time at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) This followed past responsibilities as Associate Head of Surveying and Head of Architecture and Civil Engineering at NTU.

Session 1 – The Foundations

  • What development finance is and its key differences from other lending activities and products
  • Terminology
  • Commonly used ratios and how to calculate them
  • Process and the development finance transaction journey
  • Risk elements at the different stages and how to mitigate them

 

Session 2 – Underwriting

Key components of a successful development finance submission:

“Understanding when, why and how a lender will lend is the key to successful borrowing”
“Knowing how to identify, evaluate and price risk are essential skills in successful lending”


This course will equip participants with an understanding of how decisions are made in development finance transactions. Essential for:

I am a Partner in our office agency team, based in our London City office. I have worked at Gerald Eve for over 11 years’ and specialise in advising office occupiers in Central London and across the UK on their property strategies to include acquisitions, disposals, lease re-gears and lease renewals.

I am in our Office Agency team, based in our London City office. I started on the graduate scheme in September 2021 and assist the team in advising occupiers on strategy and acquisitions of new offices across in London and across the UK.

Since qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor, Tessa has worked in a large property consultancy, for a London based property owner and currently as a Real Estate Manager at the John Lewis Partnership with a remit for the London portfolio. Her roles have used her Lease Advisory and Asset Management skills to drive value and optimise the portfolio.