Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Greystar has announced the close of Greystar Equity Partners Europe II (GEPE II) at more than €2.7 billion of total programme commitments.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Investment in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) reached £5.6 billon in the past 12 months, up by almost 50 per cent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: This was the year that the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF 2026), held from May 19 to 21 at the Royal Armouries and New Dock in Leeds, put itself firmly on the living sector map.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: In Investec Bank’s Future Living 4 report found 40 per cent of UK investors plan to increase capital allocation in the coliving sector over the next five years.
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A new report from Knight Frank says investors have deployed almost £40 billion into the UK’s build-to-rent (BTR) market over the last 10 years, £30 billion of which directly targeted the multifamily segment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Knight Frank’s latest Student Market Update for Q4 2025 shows that purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) investment for the year reached £4.3 billion, up 10 per cent from 2024.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Build to Rent (BTR) investment volumes in 2025 totalled just under £4.7 billion, according to preliminary data from CBRE.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSentinel Real Estate has hired Ben Sanderson as managing director, to lead the firm’s entry into the UK living sector.
Reading Time: 13 minutesULN editor George Sell revisits a significant industry news story from each month of 2025.
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