Property Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Planning for Tall Buildings

   By Michael Short

   In a time of recession, the challenge of building and planning for tall buildings has become even more complex; the economics of development, legislative and planning frameworks, and the local politics of development must be navigated by those wishing to design and construct new tall buildings...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. European Cities, Planning Systems and Property Markets

   Edited by J.N. Berry, W.S. McGreal

   A common theme running through the market economies of Western Europe and the old command economies of Eastern Europe is the desire to combine local economic development objectives with those of the international investor. It is in this context that the integration between planning systems and...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
3. Economics and Property

   3rd Edition

   By Danny Myers

   Economics and Property provides a clear and easy-to-read introduction to any property economics module in a degree leading to a profession in property, construction and other related fields. It focuses on the introduction of economic principles to provide the background necessary to gain a...

   Published April 26th 2011 by Estates Gazette
4. Compulsory Purchase and Compensation

   9th Edition

   By Barry Denyer-Green

   Now in its ninth edition, no other title provides the same level of information on law relating to compensation in England and Wales in anything like the same detail. Widely used by students and practitioners of estate management, surveying, valuation, planning and law. It has been...

   Published August 11th 2009 by Estates Gazette
5. Profiting from Property in a Recession

   By Graham Norwood

   Written by an experienced property journalist with over twenty years of insider knowledge, this book provides budding property developers and investors with all they need to know to profit from property. The author offers a new twist on buy-to-let and shows how the market for renting to some...

   Published August 10th 2009 by Estates Gazette
6. Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

   3rd Edition

   By John Ratcliffe, Michael Stubbs, Miles Keeping

   Series: Natural and Built Environment Series

   The twin processes of planning and property development are inextricably linked – it’s not possible to carry out a development strategy without an understanding of the planning process, and equally planners need to know how real estate developers do their job. This third edition of Urban Planning...

   Published January 11th 2009 by Routledge
7. The Stamp Duty Land Tax Handbook

   2nd Edition

   By Tony Johnson, Chris Hart

   Written from a practical standpoint, this new edition of the Stamp Duty Land Tax Handbook details how the updated legislation works in common practice. The book's examples and case studies will be highly useful to surveyors, valuers and anyone needs to be kept up to date with the application of tax...

   Published January 6th 2009 by Estates Gazette
8. Property Development

   5th Edition

   By Sara Wilkinson, Richard Reed, Richard Reed

   David Cadman’s Property Development has long been the standard textbook on the commercial property development process in the UK, and with this fifth edition the book is brought completely up to date for a new generation of readers. Accessible to students of all disciplines within the built...

   Published June 29th 2008 by Routledge
9. Property Valuation

   The Five Methods, 2nd Edition

   By Douglas Scarrett

   Completely revised to incorporate recent developments in practice, this second edition of Douglas Scarrett’s established text describes the process of valuation of real estate through its five principal methods: comparative, investment, residual, profits and contractor’s methods. Unlike most...

   Published June 5th 2008 by Routledge
10. Climate Change and Sustainable Development

    Law, Policy and Practice

    By Malcolm Dowden

    With the profile of environmental issues at an all-time high, this book provides a much needed examination of the related effects of these issues on the property industry. Within the property industry at the moment it is difficult to assume an overview of these issues, and to...

    Published February 27th 2008 by Estates Gazette