Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Development finance lender Atelier has surpassed £1 billion of gross lending having funded projects across residential, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and the care sectors over the past seven years.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Grainger has started construction on its second build‑to‑rent (BTR) scheme at Guildford Station.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows that construction starts of build-to-rent (BTR) fell by 80 per cent in London last year, with work starting on 613 units.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The chair of the Building Safety Regulator, Andy Roe, has claimed that Gateway 2 approval now sits closer to its 12 week aim.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Canada Life Asset Management has completed a £129 million fixed-rate loan for Cortland to refinance debt on a build-to-rent (BTR) scheme near Manchester.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Landlord Grainger has agreed to forward-fund and acquire a 195-home build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Chiswick, West London, via its joint venture with Places for London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Long Harbour has secured a new debt facility with Barclays to support the expansion of its single-family housing fund (LHSFF).
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Zenzic Capital and Jensco Group have formed a joint venture to invest in purpose-built single-family homes (SFR) across the UK.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Justine Edmonds has been promoted to director of Build To Rent (BTR) at LRG.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Association for Rental Living has appointed Chloe Sachikonye, senior account executive at Yardi as chair of the Northwest Hub, with Bex Hetherington, head of operations at Native Communities as vice chair.
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