Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinland: Housing investor and operator SATO has bought 602 rental homes across eight apartment buildings from OP Vuokrakoti Ky for an undisclosed sum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: New research from Savills shows a strong start to the year with UK build-to-rent (BTR) investment in Q1 2026 reaching £795 million, dominated by acquisitions of operational assets.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Funds managed by US investment house Apollo have acquired Gatehouse Living Group (GLG), a vertically integrated UK residential investment and management platform, from Gatehouse
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vanessa Hale has been confirmed as Real Estate:UK’s first chief executive, ahead of its official launch on 30 April.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Homes England has officially launched the National Housing Bank, with the aim of supporting the delivery of up to 500,000 new homes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Oaktree Capital Management is considering bringing its UK and Ireland build-to-rent (BTR) platform to market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has acquired Ebb & Flow, a fully let 598-unit build-to-rent (BTR) development in Reading.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Led by accommodations pioneer Tim Butler, a new living platform has hired Richard Simpson to head its investment division.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeveloper Cavan Companies has acquired a site for The Bungalows at Prairie Hills, a planned 154-home single-story build-to-rent (BTR) community in Papillion, Nebraska.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The government has unveiled the locations of seven New Towns, which are expected to deliver at least 10,000 new homes each.
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