
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Urban Living Festival has today announced City Pop, the flexible living brand, as headline sponsor for 2027 and 2028 events.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: United Trust Bank (UTB) has combined its property development and structured property solutions teams to create a new real estate finance division.

Reading Time: 16 minutesIHM’s editor-in-chief George Sell, hospitality editor Eloise Hanson, and short-term rentals editor Priya Khaira spotlight leading figures across real estate and hospitality who are set to have a big year ahead.

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MCLG) on August 17, marks the most significant rewrite of England’s planning rulebook since Labour took office. For the living sector it brings a mix of certainty and unfinished business.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investment in EMEA living sectors reached €17.4 billion in Q2 2026.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Rangeford Villages has secured Reserved Matters planning permission from Basingstoke and Deane Council for its latest retirement community near Oakley, Hampshire.

Reading Time: 5 minutesAge remains one of the property sector’s most familiar ways of defining the later living audience. Jonty Roots, managing director of Boomer + beyond, argues that understanding where people are in their lives offers a more useful guide to what they value, how they make decisions and when a move begins to feel relevant.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Urban Living Festival has today unveiled a transformative new format for its 2027 edition, removing the cost barrier for pre-approved landlords, developers, operators and investors/capital sources to attend, and opening its doors to the entire hospitality and living ecosystem.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: HMRC has filed a winding-up petition against commercial real estate firm Avison Young, which has 11 offices across the UK.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has announced the launch of a dedicated national Living Investment team, reinforcing its commitment to what it describes as one of the UK’s most dynamic and resilient property sectors.
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