Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: The developer of a planned 19-storey student accommodation tower in Glasgow City Centre has lodged an appeal to the Scottish Government over the local authority’s delay on a decision for its future.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: The Association for Rental Living [ARL] has teamed up with short-term rental booking platform, partner and ARL member, TrustedStays, to publish two new in-depth explorations of resident hosting.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UAE: Dubai-based proptech firm Prypco has secured $10 million in a seed funding round.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Sama Investment Group, a Birmingham-based developer and investor, has had plans for 130 student beds at the edge of Coventry city centre approved by councillors.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: 20 years after the Barker Review of Housing Supply, the Radix Big Tent [RBT] Housing Commission – chaired by Dame Kate Barker until her appointment to the New Towns Taskforce – has published its final recommendations.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Europe: Amro Partners has hired Leo Hertog as managing director, chief investment officer within its dedicated student housing arm Amro Student Living.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Airbnb is focusing its attention on strengthening its long-term rental business, as the company eyes up new revenue streams and growth opportunities to expand beyond its core short-term rental offering.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Customer experience technology platform Alliants and property management software-as-a-service [SaaS] solution [PMS] Hospiria have partnered to launch a “groundbreaking” flexible rental platform called 1 LiVNG, which is focused on transforming the residential real estate market.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Seven countries have issued warnings over travel to the UK in the wake of ongoing violent anti-immigration protests and riots.
Reading Time: 4 minutes UK: The Bank of England has announced that it will cut interest rates from a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent to five per cent, marking the first rate drop since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.
