
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Knight Frank’s UK Multifamily Market Outlook 2026 report has highlighted the potential of low-to mid-rise schemes to boost developer pipelines.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Housing association L&Q acquired the affordable homes sector of the Devonshire Place mixed-use development in Southwark for £46 million.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has given Barking Riverside Limited (BRL) the green light to nearly double the amount of homes on the site.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use the Spring Statement to reinstate Multiple Dwellings Relief.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Homes England has made two executive leadership appointments, bringing “extensive experience and trusted leadership” to the agency.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson will be acquired by a consortium led by its chief executive William McMorrow and Fairfax Financial in a $1.5 billion (£1.11 billion) deal.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A consented scheme of 326 BTR units in Basingstoke, Hampshire, is back before councillors this week to seek a time limit on how long the scheme must remain as build-to-rent (BTR).

Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.
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