Grainger buys Manchester BTR asset
George Sell
July 25, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Grainger has acquired a £31 million stabilised 135-unit BTR asset in Manchester.
Pretium closes $1.5 billion SFR fund
George Sell
July 24, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Pretium, a specialised investment firm with more than US$50 billion in assets under management, has successfully closed its sixth single-family housing fund.
Brace of SFR acquisitions from UK housebuilders
George Sell
July 12, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Placefirst and Gatehouse IM have both completed SFR acquisitions from housebuilders Miller Homes and Persimmon respectively.
Cardiff BTR scheme will be tallest building in Wales
George Sell
July 12, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Bluecastle Capital has acquired a development site in the centre of Cardiff for what will be the tallest building in Wales.
UK BTR investment sets new record in H1 2024
George Sell
July 11, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Investment in BTR for the first half of 2024 reached just over £2.6 billion, surpassing the previous half-year high of £2.3 billion set in 2021, according to latest figures from Knight Frank.
Watkin Jones tops out at Cardiff BTR scheme
George Sell
July 10, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Watkin Jones has topped out on a 718 apartment BTR development, Tai Afon, which forms part of the wider Central Quay masterplan in Cardiff.
£300 billion investment needed to meet UK rental housing demand
George Sell
July 10, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Savills latest report on the UK BTR sector says that £300 billion is needed to meet the future household growth requirements, of an additional million homes in the Private Rented Sector by 2031.
Hines and APG secures refinancing for Dublin BTR scheme
George Sell
July 3, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ireland: Real estate fund manager Hines and Dutch pension fund asset manager APG have secured €91.5 million refinancing from PGIM Real Estate for a 431-unit BTR scheme in Dublin.
Bristol mixed-use scheme underway
George Sell
July 3, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: A mixed-use scheme consisting of new offices, homes and student accommodation is being created at a major urban regeneration project near Bristol’s Temple Meads station.
Living sector seeing increasing demand for flex rentals says new study
George Sell
July 3, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes Global: A new report from PMS provider Lavanda has revealed that 85 per cent of BTR, PBSA and coliving portfolios are planning to increase the number of shorter-term leases they offer.