Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia: Bain Capital and Sattva Group have partnered with the co-living operator Colive to launch a pan-India real estate platform dedicated to rental housing.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Grainger, the country’s largest residential landlord, has converted to Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) status.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate developer Regal has received a resolution to grant permission for its residential-led Orchard Wharf scheme in Tower Hamlets, London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to Westley Thurley, European real estate segment leader at Schneider Electric, about the potential for smart building systems to help living sector developers and operators meet ESG targets. Filmed at PropTech Connect 2025 in London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to PassiveLogic CEO Troy Harvey about a new building automation platform. Filmed at PropTech Connect 2025 in London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Greystar has acquired the Barking Wharf build-to-rent (BTR) scheme from Invesco Real Estate for an undisclosed sum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Steve Reed, the Labour MP for Streatham and Croydon North and former leader of Lambeth Council, has been appointed as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Housing minister and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has resigned over failing to pay enough stamp duty on a holiday home and breaking the ministerial code.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer StudioHIVE has secured planning consent for a 434-unit build-to-rent (BTR) scheme near Bristol Temple Meads station.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Vastint UK has launched its first build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland, with the debut of 253 units at New Fountainbridge in Edinburgh.
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