Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Insurance giant AXA has completed the sale of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), a major worldwide living sector investor, to BNP Paribas.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Yorkshire-based Assent, one of the country’s largest building control firms, has ceased trading, placing hundreds of Gateway 2 applications in limbo.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Singapore’s coliving sector has seen room inventory grow by 17 per cent between 2023 and 2025, according to new research from JLL.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Partners Group and Host Student Housing have completed a £100 million+ refinancing deal with Cerberus Capital Management.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: The Social Hub has unveiled a new-look marketing leadership team as it ramps up its European brand-building operation under chief marketing officer Trix van der Vleuten.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Topland Vintage and Re:shape Living have partnered for the £260 million redevelopment of St George’s House East in Wimbledon.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to Yeji Cheon, founder of Seoul Nooks, about creating an environment to change residents’ lives for the better. Filmed at the 2025 Coliving Conference in Barcelona.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The Renters Rights Bill gained Royal Assent yesterday evening and became law, marking the biggest shake up of the rental market in several decades.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Renters’ Rights Bill has completed its passage through Parliament – the final step before the Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes law.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Specialist real estate finance provider Maslow Capital has provided a £122 million development finance facility to Definition Capital to support a major mixed-use regeneration
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