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: Unite Group has appointed Goldman Sachs to accelerate the disposal of PBSA assets as it repositions towards a higher-quality portfolio.
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE/UK: Tokinvest, a digital investment platform regulated by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has launched its global Build-to-Rent product, a tokenised residential real estate product, issued on BNB Chain.
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: < 1 minuteRedford Developments has secured planning consent for a 400-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on a 1.8-hectare brownfield site in Coventry.
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: Fresh, the management arm of Watkins Jones, has been selected to operate Mantle Yard, a 604-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Leith, Edinburgh.
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
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