Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Southampton City Council is pressing ahead with plans to expand licensing for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), as this property type sees rapid growth across the UK student rental market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Real estate investment managers Praemia REIM and Grupo Lar have completed the €191.5 million (£163 million) refinancing of the VIVIA build-to-rent (BTR) portfolio, a collection of residential schemes across Spain.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Student accommodation provider Unite Group has sold a portfolio of nine properties totalling 3,656 beds for £212 million to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds. Unite’s share of the proceeds is £140 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property management company YPP has secured planning permission to convert a disused Job Centre in Leicester city centre into a 60-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Barings has completed the acquisition of a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset in Vauxhall, London, for £101.1 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Moda Group has delivered more than £1.2 billion in social value over the past decade, according to its latest ESG report.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: As the Scottish Parliament amends the Housing (Scotland) Bill to cover student housing, real estate investors and developers are warning of serious implications for future investment in Scotland’s cities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-Rent (BTR) developer PLATFORM has secured two key retail lettings with Asda and Sainsbury’s at major residential schemes in Glasgow and Leeds.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate finance firm Maslow Capital has agreed a £65 million development loan to support a build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Leeds by Torsion Developments, the development arm of Torsion Group.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Build to Rent (BTR) sector delivered nearly 90,000 new homes across the UK’s largest cities in 2024, accounting for 14 per cent of total housing completions in those areas, according to new analysis from Centre for Cities.
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