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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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investment activity in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector reached £1.83 billion, a new record, in Q3 2025, according to Knight Frank’s latest UK Student Accommodation Outlook report.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Manchester-based student living platform Housr has closed a £7.5 million series A round to fund its product innovation and geographic expansion.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Global asset manager Aviva Investors and European real estate specialist Amro Partners have launched a joint venture to invest in purpose-built student accommodation across
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