Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Tower Hamlets Council has granted permission for a new 54-storey residential tower in Canary Wharf to provide 820 homes as part of a large mixed-use development.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Think tank Centre for London is calling on councils to develop build-to-rent (BTR) homes for key workers and middle-income households, to help improve rental affordability and increase housing supply in London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has entered the single-family rental (SFR) market via the RLAM Living Fund with the forward-funding of a 284-home scheme on Riverpark Road in Manchester.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: HMRC has filed a winding-up petition against commercial real estate firm Avison Young, which has 11 offices across the UK.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) investment reached a record £2.08 billion in Q2 2026, while viability pressures continue to affect new developments in regional towns and cities, according to Knight Frank.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Angela Rayner has been appointed housing secretary for a second time, as new prime minister Andy Burnham has selected his first cabinet.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Leeds-based contractor Torsion Construction has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) following a prolonged period of liquidity pressures.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Muse has partnered with Milton Keynes City Council and Milton Keynes Development Partnership (MKDP) to deliver a masterplan for Central Bletchley, a mixed-use regeneration project centred around Bletchley Station.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lloyds Living has agreed a deal to acquire a portfolio of 980 new single-family rental (SFR) homes across 14 sites in England for an undisclosed price.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Greystar has launched a garden-style BTR strategy with a target of delivering up to 20,000 homes over the next four years.
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