North West (BCIS baseline) GDV Calculator (BCIS Q2 2026)

North West (BCIS baseline) BCIS Q2-2026: 1,950 to 2,750 £/sqm. GDV 235 to 425 £/sqft. Manchester, Liverpool and Chester anchor the upper band. BCIS regional baseline (index 100).

BCIS Q2 2026 band

  • Low: 1,950 £/sqm
  • Mid: 2,300 £/sqm
  • High: 2,750 £/sqm
  • Regional index (UK = 100): 100

GDV working band

Resale GDV 235 to 425 £/sqft (low to high). Mid 305 £/sqft. Sense-check against current Land Registry Price Paid postcode-area aggregates before committing a bid.

BCIS regional baseline (index 100). Manchester, Liverpool, Chester.

Why NW is the baseline

  • BCIS publishes regional adjustment factors against a UK-average index of 100, with NW historically used as the working baseline because of large-sample tender-price coverage.
  • Read other regions' rates as a relative adjustment from this base.

M4 scheme economics

  • Ancoats / M4 small-sites schemes deliver 9 to 12 unit blocks at 260k GDV per unit.
  • See the 9-unit M4 worked scenario for the full ledger.

Open the workbench with these rates

Inputs
MAX LAND BID£0At 20% profit on cost, 9 units, 950 sqft GIA each.
ABORT
GDV£2,216,588
Build cost£1,826,937
Prof fees£219,232
s106/CIL/BNG£108,000
Contingency£161,563
Finance interest£164,996
Target profit£496,146
Total costs (excl land)£2,480,729
Senior debt @ LTGDV£1,440,782
PoC-10.6%
PoGDV-11.9%
LTC58.1%
Sensitivity (PoC %)
Build -5%Build +5%Build +10%Build +15%Build +20%
GDV -15%-20%-27%-31%-34%-36%
GDV -10%-16%-23%-27%-30%-32%
GDV -5%-11%-19%-22%-26%-29%
GDV 0%-6%-15%-18%-22%-25%
GDV +5%-2%-10%-14%-18%-21%

Cells show profit-on-cost percentage at each GDV stress / build-cost shock pair. Cells below your target PoC turn amber-warm; cells below 10 percent abort.

BCIS General Building Cost Index Q2 2026· Q2 2026Appraisal model reviewed by Oliver Wakefield-Smith (data integrity) with chartered-surveyor (MRICS) and CTA tax review. No affiliate links.