Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Mark-Taylor Residential, an investment manager and developer, has partnered with Sunbelt Holdings, a Scottsdale-based master-planned community developer, and Rockpoint, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, to develop The Hillburn, a complex that will add 283 Build-to-rent (BTR) homes in North Phoenix, Arizona.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Glenbrook Property has completed a 500-unit build-to-rent (BTR) scheme at Whitehall Riverside in Leeds with funding from Legal and General (L&G).
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Wembley Park property management platform Quintain Living has launched a perks programme through Benefitty, connecting residents with 100 brand partners.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A report from the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills has found that average planning consent timelines for build-to-rent properties has grown from eight to 15 months in the past six years.
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: < 1 minuteUK: Allsop has been appointed by Edmond de Rothschild to sell a four-asset BTR portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BTR developer and operator Get Living has appointed Kate Freer as CEO with effect from autumn 2026.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK living sector racked up £2.5 billion in investments in Q1 2026, an increase of 74 per cent over Q1 2025.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Impact&Places Partnership has bought the Ferrous build-to-rent (BTR) project in Manchester for an undisclosed price from developer Capital&Centric.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE/UK: Tokinvest, a digital investment platform regulated by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has launched its global Build-to-Rent product, a tokenised residential real estate product, issued on BNB Chain.
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