Will developers accelerate applications amid planning reforms & rate cuts?
The government's heavy focus on housing delivery, coupled with the decline in finance costs, should create new opportunities in the resi development market, explains Anna Ward.

Anna is an Associate and Senior Analyst in Knight Frank’s residential research department. She analyses and reports on trends in residential development markets across the UK. Anna moved into research in 2020, having spent more than ten years working as a journalist and reporting on real estate, law and energy markets.
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