Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced the launch of Extract, a a new AI tool designed to speed up the processing of planning applications.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Today’s Spending Review includes a new affordable homes programme, supported by a £39 billion cash injection.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The EDA BTR scheme in Salford Quays, Manchester has been refinanced for £57 million through a loan from Cynergy Bank.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSA: Southeast-based commercial national real estate development group East West Partners, in collaboration with Atlanta-based commercial real estate company, Holder Properties, has opened Fenland, a collection of BTR townhomes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: West Tower, a BTR project by Lendlease and Daiwa House Australia, has topped out at 45 storeys.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: CBRE reported that £2.3 billion was invested in the UK’s living sector in Q1 2025, with PBSA investment down to £488 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland has replaced the current two per cent annual rent increase cap for new rental properties with a cap tied to inflation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Coronation Property is planning for another large-scale apartment property in Sydney’s Erskineville.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Royalton Group and Frogmore’s development, Cotton Quay in Salfiord is being marketed by Vandermolen Real Estate and CBRE UK.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Pegasus Homes has reached the next stage of its transition from a for-sale developer in the later living space, to a later living BTR developer and operator.
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