Sir – The past few years have seen an extraordinary period of change in the finances of housing providers. The collapse of the financial markets, budget cuts, fundamental changes to development funding and housing benefit changes have meant that housing providers have been regularly revisiting their business plans and sometimes their funders. However, just when…
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Livin takes viability appraisals in-house with SDS
After having used a developer’s agent for viability appraisals for many years, Livin has brought the function in-house following the implementation of ProVal from SDS. Wayne Harris, executive director of property and development, Livin, said, “We wanted a supplier of industry-recognised appraisal software that was easy to use and flexible enough to meet changing development…
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SDS links with Savills for appraisals & valuations
Software developer SDS and Savills have agreed to link the Savills Automated Valuation Model (AVM) with the SDS ProVal viability appraisal application. Savills entered into a partnership last year with Rightmove to make their desktop tool for referencing rents and capital values available to the affordable housing sector. This latest agreement with SDS will give…
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Peabody chooses SDS for development & planning
Shelton Development Services has won a £40,000 contract to supply Peabody with its housing development viability and project management software. The systems are now installed and final training took place at the end of February 2012. SDS ProVal and SDS Sequel will be used by Peabody’s development and finance teams to manage all projects. Peabody…
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North Star development appraisals with SDS ProVal
North Star Housing Group is now using SDS ProVal from Shelton Development Services for all new property development appraisals, including those of its two operating companies, Teesdale Housing Association and Endeavour Housing Association. ProVal replaces North Star’s internally-developed spreadsheet tools for development appraisals. After an initial 30-day trial of SDS ProVal, the full system was…
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SDS housing development software at Eildon
Scottish Borders-based Eildon Housing Association has replaced its spreadsheets with Shelton Development Services’ Sequel tool for the appraisal and management of its housing developments. Sequel helps Eildon’s planning team with project management and day-to-day cashflow controls as well as providing full reporting and management information from housing and asset management systems. Mark Walton, project leader,…
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