Reading Time: < 1 minute Urban Living News editor George Sell talks to Jonathon Ivory, chief investment officer at Packaged Living. Their wide ranging conversation touches on Ivory’s wish list for a new housing minister, cultural friction between housebuilders and BTR investors, the company’s move in to coliving, and much more.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Casa by Moda, the single family homes division of developer and operator Moda Group, has reached completion on the first phase of its new rental homes in Springboig, Glasgow – its first residential neighbourhood to open in the UK.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Nuveen Real Estate and Apache Capital have formed a JV to fund SFR housing across the UK, with sites to be developed and operated by Present Made, Apache Capital’s SFR platform.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Real estate investment manager Moorfield is extending its presence in the UK BTR sector by launching a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to buy rental homes.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Gatehouse Investment Management has acquired 71 homes in Bolton for its UK single-family BTR portfolio, which is backed by the Kuwait Investment Authority.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: BTR provider Placefirst has been granted planning consent for a 146-home suburban BTR scheme in Newcastle’s West End.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Casa by Moda, the SFR arm of developer and operator Moda Living, has acquired a site in Leeds to deliver the brand’s first single family homes development in the city.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: New figures from the British Property Federation (BPF) show the number of completed BTR homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to 88,100 units despite market conditions slowing development activity.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sowgol Zarinchang, managing director of Way Of Life, talks to ULN about launching a third-party mangement service, the convergence of asset classes and incorporating social value in to the BTR offer.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Provisional data from global real estate advisor CBRE has shown a marked slowdown in investment in to the UK BTR sector this year.
