Landmark Information Group champions young talent in the housing sector

Confirmed as joint sponsor of 24Housing’s 2014 Young Leaders Award

Landmark® Analytics, a leading provider of residential property market data, analysis and automated valuation services, and a division of Landmark® Information Group, has confirmed its role as a joint sponsor of 24Housing’s 2014 Young Leaders award.  As an organisation that has an active apprenticeship scheme in place, Landmark is proud to be supporting the award scheme, which is designed to recognise talented professionals under the age of 30 from within the housing sector.

Last year’s winner was 25-year-old Hannah Allen, head of customer involvement and community development at Aster Group.  Hannah was recognised for her genuine record of achievement, which included designing and implementing Synergy Housing’s Neighbourhood Approach, which was so successful it was planned to be rolled-out across 27,000 properties in the South West.

Commenting on the award scheme, Peter Stimson, Managing Director – Financial Risk, Landmark Information Group said: “Nurturing young talent is a key focus at Landmark, and with an active apprenticeship scheme in place we are focused on finding and developing talent and giving people an opportunity. The 24Housing Young Leaders award showcases the wealth of talent that is already operating in the industry; we are proud to be involved and to hear the great work that is taking place every day to help shape communities across the UK.”

Now in its fourth year, the 24Housing 2014 Young Leaders award encouraged housing providers to nominate young leaders who have the potential to reach senior management level. A shortlist of top 20 candidates has been announced and online voting is now open until 23 May to determine the 10 semi-finalists, who will be subsequently be revealed in the June edition of 24housing.

Landmark provides a wealth of financial risk and intelligence services to the social housing sector. For further information visit www.landmarkanalytics.co.uk.  

How to make the best bids to HCA

Webinar: Better HCA Bids with Inside Housing & Landmark Analytics

Friday 11 April – 11am – 12 noon

www.insidehousing.co.uk/hcawebinar

Inside Housing magazine is hosting a webinar that invites social housing providers to look at how to make the best possible bids for HCA funding. During the webinar, which is being run in conjunction with Landmark Analytics, speakers will also discuss how better information regarding a providers’ existing property portfolio can help underpin this process.

The rules to win HCA development funding have changed - landlords must now show they offer value for money.  During the webinar, delegates can hear from a senior HCA director on tips for great bids.  The webinar also provides an opportunity for delegates to learn how they can gather more intelligence about their existing homes and how this can ultimately help them better demonstrate their organisation’s value for money.

Speakers include:

•         Fiona MacGregor - Head of Affordable Housing at Homes and Communities Agency
•         Carole Oliver - Group Business Development Manager at Landmark Information Group
•       Phil Stephens - Development and Commercial Director at Sovereign Housing

Chaired By:       
        Martin Hilditch Acting Editor, Inside Housing

For FREE access to the webinar go to: www.insidehousing.co.uk/hcawebinar

Landmark Information Group launches social housing heat maps

Landmark Analytics extends property market data to provide social housing density analysis for urban or property studies

Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, has today announced the unveiling of new social housing heat maps that highlight social housing density by postcode or region, at a glance. 

Via the Landmark Analytics division, the heat maps have been launched to provide an additional layer of data insight into the concentration of social housing property, as well as view average prices, crime information and ‘£ per sqm’ heat maps. 

Managing Director, Selwyn Lim of Landmark Analytics said: “Our aim has always been to find new and innovative ways to equip our users with key property data and so today’s announcement strengthens this.  The social housing heat maps will be of interest to a wide range of different users, from social housing organisations through to developers, local authorities or urban planners who are undertaking analysis of towns, boroughs or property density in general.”

Drawn from various data sources, the social housing heat maps will provide Landmark Analytics clients with access to data from across England and Wales. This freely available new addition to the Landmark Analytics product suite provides users with an overview of where social housing properties are clustered.  Users can type in the postcode of their area of interest, and navigate their way around, viewing the distinct differences in areas, and utilising the colour-coded key on to calculate percentage rates.

The accuracy and breadth of Landmark Analytics’ property database, which is used by HMRC, and in models approved by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s, supports housing officials with verifying and maintaining the overall quality of their internal records.  The Landmark Analytics database includes a wealth of data including 90 million property images, 20 million sold price records, 18 million historic estate agency listings, 3 million floor plans, plus bedroom numbers, estimated internal area and Council Tax banding information.

In addition, Landmark Information Group provides a wealth of consultancy, data and mapping services, including simple, online GI mapping solutions that enable housing providers to instantly identify areas of risk, visualise essential business intelligence and deliver significant efficiencies and improvements.

For further information visit www.landmarkanalytics.co.uk. 

HCA selects Landmark Information Group to deliver Housing Market intelligence, as part of its £4bn housing framework programme

·         England’s national housing and regeneration agency awards contract to Landmark to provide essential, robust property intelligence

·         Data to be used to inform the development and delivery of affordable housing programmes and help the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) meet its target to realise 150,000 additional homes by 2015

·         Landmark Analytics – formerly Calnea Analytics and part of Landmark Information Group – to deliver strategic market intelligence data to support HCA’s decision making processes

Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, today announces it has been awarded a contract by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The contract is to provide property intelligence data to the housing and regeneration agency, to support the development and provision of its £4bn¹ capital investment programme into delivering affordable housing across England.

Via Landmark Analytics – formerly Calnea Analytics – the HCA will have access to a wide range of accurate housing market intelligence, including House Price Index data, average rental price data, bedroom counts and historic transaction information by postcode or area.  By analysing the data as part of its housing delivery programmes, HCA has complete transparency of the housing market in order to make better informed decisions.

The Landmark Analytics’ property database – which is used by HMRC and in models approved by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s – provides robust market intelligence and includes a wealth of data including 90 million property images, 20 million sold price records, 18 million historic estate agency listings, 2 million energy performance certificates, 3 million floor plans, plus bedroom numbers, estimated internal area and Council Tax banding information.

Simon Short, Team Leader – Spatial and Market Intelligence of HCA said: “The HCA requires robust housing market data to support its decisions. Landmark Analytics met our needs with quality of data provision to support our evidence base.  The Panel assessed Landmark Analytics against a set of criteria and agreed that it provides the best quality and value for housing market data provision that meets our needs.”

HCA is the national housing and regeneration agency for England, with a capital investment budget of around £4bn for the period 2012-15. The agency has a legal duty to improve the supply and quality of housing in England. Its remit includes delivery of a number of schemes including the existing National Affordable Housing Programme, Low Cost Home Ownership including the FirstBuy product and the new Affordable Homes Programme, which includes the Affordable Rent product.   The programme is focused on accelerating the delivery of affordable homes in England with a target of up to 150,000 additional homes by 2015.

Carole Oliver, Business Development Manager, Landmark Information Group said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with the HCA, providing essential, robust property intelligence to inform the development and delivery of key programmes. Landmark Analytics will provide vital evidence and market transparency on which the agency can base its decision-making processes for the provision of affordable and sustainable housing delivery.”

Landmark Analytics’ is the UK’s only ISO-accredited Automated Valuation Model (AVM) provider and is at the forefront of delivering analytics data to mortgage lenders for use in strategic risk management and fraud prevention programmes.

For further information www.landmarkanalytics.co.uk.  

Carole Oliver

Group Business Development Manager