Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: A group of organisations have called on the Mayor of London and ministers to intervene in order to save the delivery of build-to-rent (BTR) properties across the capital.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Investment giant Berkshire Hathaway has acquired US housebuilder Taylor Morrison, the parent company of BTR operator Yardly.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: blocwork, a joint venture between Network Rail’s property development company Platform4 and partnership developer bloc, has submitted a planning application for 425 BTR homes in Cambridge.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: QuadReal Property Group has appointed Collegiate UK to operate its UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Knight Frank has been appointed to sell Friargate Court, a 244-beds PBSA scheme near the University of Lancashire, for £9.75 million.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Aviva Investors has provided a green loan for the construction of a 283-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Elephant & Castle, south London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lambert Smith Hampton has been instructed by CKC Properties to oversee the disposal of Apex House, a proposed 311-bed coliving scheme adjacent to Watford
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK bank Shawbrook has launched a dedicated lending proposition for the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector as investor demand for student housing continues to rise.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Investment in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) reached £5.6 billon in the past 12 months, up by almost 50 per cent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: This was the year that the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF 2026), held from May 19 to 21 at the Royal Armouries and New Dock in Leeds, put itself firmly on the living sector map.
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