Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Related Argent has completed the refinancing of its first two build-to-rent (BTR) assets at Brent Cross Town, securing a total of £188.7 million across the two buildings.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Margate Football Club has submitted a planning application for a 59-bed coliving building with new South Stand terrace, following demolition of the former South Stand terrace and car park.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vanessa Hale has been confirmed as Real Estate:UK’s first chief executive, ahead of its official launch on 30 April.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Homes England has officially launched the National Housing Bank, with the aim of supporting the delivery of up to 500,000 new homes.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Southwark council has given approval for BTR developer Get Living to complete its £1.5 billion Elephant & Castle redevelopment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The government has unveiled the locations of seven New Towns, which are expected to deliver at least 10,000 new homes each.
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: Greystar has acquired third-party management company Native Communities from Ares Management.
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