Protecting value in at-risk developments: The case for property flood resilience (PFR)

This study explores how surface water flood risk affects developers’ financial exposure during construction and sales, and whether cost-effective property-level resilience measures can reduce these impacts across different housing development scenarios. The analysis finds that modest resilience investments can generate positive commercial returns by reducing remediation costs, construction delays, sales disruption and impacts on buyer confidence. In our mid-point scenario, developers could save around £2.27 in avoided losses for every £1 invested in PFR measures. 

The findings suggest that investing in resilience during construction can help developers protect property value, reduce disruption, improve delivery certainty and better manage flood risk as pressures continue to grow.