Reading Time: 7 minutesUK: New research from Bidwells reveals the UK’s operational living sector is facing a period of significant challenge, with BTR particularly badly affected – BTR planning applications have fallen to their lowest level since 2015 and current submissions are 35 per cent below the 10-year average.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: QuadReal Property Group has acquired the UNCLE brand in the UK and Europe as well as Realstar’s UK and Ireland residential operating platform, which will be re-named.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: New data from co living brand bamco has revealed that the average age of coliving tenants across London has stayed above 30 for the third year running, a significant shift from pre-pandemic rental trends.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment company Amro Partners has appointed Paul Clark, a career investor within the global real estate sector with a career spanning 40 years, as a senior adviser.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Coliving developer and operator re:shape has gained planning permission from Tower Hamlets Borough in London for a mixed-use development between Bethnal Green and London Fields.
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 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: 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.
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