Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) developer Placefirst has launched a 104-home single-family rental (SFR) scheme, Chingford Meadows, in Bilborough, Nottingham.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) investment fell by 22 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025 to £2.2 billion, according to new research from JLL, as the market experienced a sharp slowdown in multifamily deals during Q2.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Lovell and BTR developer-operator Placefirst have signed a £22 million deal to bring BTR homes to the fourth phase of Derby’s Castleward development.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) developer Placefirst has delivered a £21 million residential development in central Halifax, transforming a long-vacant brownfield site into 122 new rental homes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBTR developer and operator Placefirst has been selected by Bury Council as its partner to convert an office building to BTR.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBTR operator Placefirst and housebuilder Strata have formed a JV to deliver over 500 SFR homes by 2028.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has provided a loan of £31.3 million to developer Placefirst, to support the delivery of BTR schemes in Bolton and Halifax.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Placefirst and Gatehouse IM have both completed SFR acquisitions from housebuilders Miller Homes and Persimmon respectively.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BTR provider Placefirst has been granted planning consent for a 146-home suburban BTR scheme in Newcastle’s West End.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sunderland City Council has selected Placefirst to develop 220 BTR homes across two regeneration sites in the city.
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