Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Far East Orchard has secured £96 million in committed capital, closing its first purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development fund.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vita Group has secured planning consent for new student accommodation with a destination food hall and courtyard events space on the site of the former ABC music venue in Glasgow.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Southampton City Council is pressing ahead with plans to expand licensing for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), as this property type sees rapid growth across the UK student rental market.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer SAV Group has acquired a development site for a PBSA scheme close to Edinburgh’s Leith Walk.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Glasgow City Council is “minded to grant” a £60 million purpose-built student accommodation property within Glasgow’s Broomielaw area.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ULN editor George Sell attended a press breakfast hosted by living sector developer and operator Moda, in advance of the opening of the company’s Embassy Boulevard BTR scheme in Vauxhall/Nine Elms, south London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced the launch of Extract, a a new AI tool designed to speed up the processing of planning applications.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029 and is looking at alternative options such as student accommodation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Living sector accommodation provider Scape has acquired funding from NatWest to create a 135-bed site in Canada Water, east London, which is set to be completed in August 2026.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: CBRE reported that £2.3 billion was invested in the UK’s living sector in Q1 2025, with PBSA investment down to £488 million.
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