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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Glenbrook Property has completed a 500-unit build-to-rent (BTR) scheme at Whitehall Riverside in Leeds with funding from Legal and General (L&G).
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Plans have been submitted for a major new mixed‑use district accommodating up to 20,000 people in Edinburgh.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Wembley Park property management platform Quintain Living has launched a perks programme through Benefitty, connecting residents with 100 brand partners.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A report from the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills has found that average planning consent timelines for build-to-rent properties has grown from eight to 15 months in the past six years.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Related Argent has completed the refinancing of its first two build-to-rent (BTR) assets at Brent Cross Town, securing a total of £188.7 million across the two buildings.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Allsop has been appointed by Edmond de Rothschild to sell a four-asset BTR portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Real estate investment manager ActivumSG has sold its majority stake in VanWonen, the Netherlands’ second-largest independent residential developer, to a consortium of Dutch investors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BTR developer and operator Get Living has appointed Kate Freer as CEO with effect from autumn 2026.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK living sector racked up £2.5 billion in investments in Q1 2026, an increase of 74 per cent over Q1 2025.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Impact&Places Partnership has bought the Ferrous build-to-rent (BTR) project in Manchester for an undisclosed price from developer Capital&Centric.
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