Dr Cara Hatcher

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

I have been with the university for 13 years and previous to my appointment, I worked in a variety of disciplines within the field of surveying. I graduated from Kingston University in 2004 from the Real Estate Management sandwich degree. I returned to the North East of England to continue my professional training and became a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 2006. Since qualifying as a member of the RICS, I have worked for local and national companies throughout the region and Scotland covering valuation in both residential and commercial sectors, leisure property such as golf clubs, care homes and hotels, development including Newcastle Quayside, rural and residential farming property in the borders of Scotland and energy performance.

Since joining the university I have become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, completed my Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice and latterly awarded my doctorate in business administration.

My current areas of research are housing for the older people population, real estate law and EDI in surveying.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Real Estate

Law

Housing

Key Publications

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Reframing Residential Property Repairs as a Tool for Built Environment Social Sustainability: An Exploratory Case Study of Relational Service Delivery from a Professional Perspective, Hatcher, C., Kirk, R. 8 Oct 2026, In: Buildings
Above and beyond: enhancing health and well being of older people through delivering a bespoke repair service, Hatcher, C., Kirk, R. 23 Apr 2024, Housing Studies Association Annual Conference 2024
Bespoke Repairs Service for vulnerable and older people: Reflecting on Innovation and Change, Hatcher, C., Kirk, R. 31 Jul 2024
Is Planning the Problem? An analysis of the role of local planning authorities in the provision of housing for an ageing population, McGuinness, D., Hatcher, C., Kirk, R. 5 Sep 2023, UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023
Managing Social Housing Providers: How do board directors manage the trade-offs and tensions between traditional social value and the contemporary need for self-sustaining profit in the North East of England?, Hatcher, C. 12 Jul 2023, 29th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference
Factual Disagreements in Construction Delay Disputes: Identification, Evaluation and Testing of the Justifications for Difference in Opinion, Atanasov, V., Greenwood, D., Sanchez, D., Hatcher, C. 1 Nov 2022, In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Forensic delay analysis: An investigation of the reasons for disagreements in timerelated disputes, Atanasov, V., Greenwood, D., Thurairajah, N., Hatcher, C. 7 Sep 2021, Proceedings of 37th ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management) annual conference 2021, Leeds, Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Regional Responses in a Changing Context: Housing Associations and Market Renting in the North East and North West of England, Clarke, J., Grainger, P., Hatcher, C., Kirk, R., Lilley, S. 2016
Real Estate Concepts: A Handbook for Students, Capper, G., Gledson, B., Humphrey, R., Johansen, E., Jowsey, E., Kirk, M., Hatcher, C., Weirs, J. 1 Jan 2015, Real Estate Concepts, London, CRC Press
Building Surveying, Eve, S., Fraser, M., Maudsley, C. 2014, Real Estate Concepts: A Handbook, London, Taylor & Francis