Hines acquires first US BTR scheme
George Sell
April 4, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hines has acquired Blu South, a BTR community in Pineville, North Carolina, its first US acquisition in the sector.
L&G and Chartway complete SFR deal
George Sell
April 4, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Legal & General’s SBTR platform has signed a deal with housebuilder Chartway to deliver new homes in St Leonard’s, East Sussex.
Urban Living Festival announces new venue, format and awards for 2024
George Sell
March 19, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media (IHM), a leading publisher and event organiser in the hospitality and real estate sectors, has announced major expansion and improvement to its flagship Urban Living Festival.
Live and learn – reflections from MIPIM
George Sell
March 18, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesULN editor George Sell reports from MIPIM in Cannes, where the living sector has reached the top of the real estate agenda.
UKAA CEO Brendan Geraghty on the challenges facing BTR and the organisation’s imminent rebrand
George Sell
March 5, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUKAA CEO Brendan Geraghty talks to ULN about the challenges facing BTR and the organisation’s imminent rebrand. Filmed at the 2024 UKAA BTR Expo in London.
Perry takes investor and lender role at UKAA
George Sell
February 22, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK Apartment Association (UKAA) has appointed Ashley Perry, investment director at Apache Capital, as chair of its Investor and Lender Forum.
Core Spaces SFR brand has 1,500 homes under construction
George Sell
February 19, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Core Spaces has announced that its Oxenfree BTR brand has 1,500 homes currently under construction across several markets.
Vistry to deliver 5,000 SFR homes for Sigma
George Sell
February 14, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Housebuilder Vistry Group has entered into a framework agreement with Sigma Capital Group to deliver 5,000 new homes for Sigma’s SFR brand, Simple Life Homes.
Gove introduces brownfield presumption for UK resi development
George Sell
February 13, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Secretary of state Michael Gove has announced plans to speed up brownfield housebuilding and relax restrictions around commercial-to-residential conversions.
SFR commands 21 per cent premium over wider PRS says research
George Sell
February 9, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: New research from Ascend Properties shows that new SFR homes command an average rental premium of 21 per cent over the wider private rented sector (PRS) market.