Mark Buddle

Mark leads our residential development work and oversees a total strategic landbank for our clients which rarely dips below 100,000 plots.

He brings development land agency and consultancy expertise to inform strategy and maximise returns and offers strategic advice relating to the execution of the delivery strategy and marketing process.

Now in his second stint with Bidwells, Mark’s 22-year career in the residential development industry has seen him work in all corners of the sector, giving him a full repertoire of skills as well as a long and broad track record of success.

Mark acts as a trusted strategic advisor to some of our biggest clients, having built a career in planning consultancy, house building and development consultancy, as well as managing a strategic land portfolio.

He specialises in the disposal and acquisition of residential development land, providing advice on conditional contracts, options, promotion and joint venture agreements for private landowners, developers, strategic land funds, private equity funds and educational institutions.

Since increasing the size of our residential development offer in 2018, Mark has assembled a blend of technical and geographical knowledge and skills that is now delivering notable successes for our clients across the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, East Anglia, Essex and everywhere in-between.

However, he is most at home when sitting around an ordnance survey map, scouring it for opportunities to stitch together the next new community or mixed-use development for his clients.

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Land & Development

Transform your land holdings into thriving developments

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Residential Development

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Our insights

Report 2024

As productivity lags, wages can’t keep up with rents and mortgages; so, for far too many, a home of their own now seems out of reach. We simply haven’t built enough of them, undermining our young people’s potential for a prosperous future.

Saying Yes to more housing and higher productivity

Report 2024

In Bidwells’ latest groundbreaking report, The Productivity Engine, we uncover the fundamental role that space plays in understanding - and solving - the UK’s productivity problems.

The Productivity Engine

Blog 16.04.24

2023 was a challenging year for the residential development land market due to a subdued new build sales market caused by rising mortgage interest rates and the end of the Help to Buy Scheme.

Residential Development Market Update 2024

Insights 01.11.23

2023 has continued to see difficult trading conditions but there remains a consistent demand for good quality sites across the Oxford to Cambridge Arc and the wider regions in which Bidwells operate. Price sensitivity is often being managed through considered deferred payment profiles, while the challenging planning environment remains a key consideration across the market.

UK Residential Development Market Update: Navigating Headwinds in 2023

Insights 17.05.23

There has been limited activity in the land market since financial markets reacted negatively to the ‘Mini Budget’ last September, with fewer new sites being brought to market and a limited number of transactions taking place.

Residential Development Market Update