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Ashurst hires Wu as London real estate partner

Lawrie Holmes — Tue, 13 May 2025 09:50:19 +0000

Australian brings BTR and PBSA expertise to role.

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BTR investment dips in Q1, reports Knight Frank

Lawrie Holmes — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:57:48 +0000

Costs and regulation push Build to Rent (BTR) construction down 11% year-on-year.

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Royal London adds £36m forward-funding for Weston Homes’ Barking BTR scheme

Lawrie Holmes — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:35:33 +0000

The asset manager has provided funding for the 85-unit build-to-rent development in east London.

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Q1 UK BTR investment volumes down 50% on previous quarter

Lawrie Holmes — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:54:18 +0000

CBRE expects the market to pick up later this year on the back of a strong pipeline of BTR deals.

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‘Catastrophic’ water leak leaves south London Get Living BTR scheme uninhabitable for up to a year

Ciaran Nerval — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:01:19 +0000

Muse completed The Filigree scheme in Lewisham last year, with Balfour Beatty as main contractor.

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CompassRock snaps up 295-home BTR tower in Bristol

Lawrie Holmes — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:51:26 +0000

The building, called Stafford Yard, is expected to be completed next month.

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Berkeley reveals new build-to-rent arm as it lifts profit target

David Parsley — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:56:29 +0000

Chief executive Rob Perrins told investors the build-to-rent portfolio would increase the group’s housing development piepeline by 10%.

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Related Argent partners with NTT to deliver £200m BTR scheme at Brent Cross

Ciaran Nerval — Tue, 28 May 2024 08:41:03 +0000

The scheme forms part of the wider £8bn mixed-use Park Town masterplan.

PRS enjoys bumper start to the year as £3bn committed

Allister Hayman — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:56:00 +0000

To date, words have spoken louder than actions when it comes to the private rented sector (PRS).

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Essential Living wins permission for family orientated PRS scheme

Adam Branson — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0000

Essential Living has won planning consent from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for what it describes as the UK’s first housing scheme dedicated to family renters.

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British Land plans first private rented scheme at Crystal House

Editor — Fri, 29 May 2015 12:00:00 +0000

British Land has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of Crystal House in Ealing Broadway, west London, to create its first bespoke private rented scheme.

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Fizzy Living buys site in Lewisham

Hannah Brenton — Wed, 21 May 2014 10:32:00 +0000

Fizzy Living has bought its fifth London private-rented site in Lewisham.

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Build-to-rent design ‘bible’ launched

Hannah Brenton — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:16:00 +0000

A new ‘bible’ for build-to-rent has been launched today, in a bid to encourage high quality developments in the private-rented sector.

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Long Harbour buys Manchester PRS block

Hannah Brenton — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:13:00 +0000

Institutional investor Long Harbour has bought a private-rented block in Manchester for around £17m.

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Private-rented taskforce fails to impress RESI experts

Editor — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A new government taskforce that aims to encourage investment into private-rented housing received a lukewarm reception at the RESI event in Wales last week.

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Savills spotlight: Rental Britain as an Asset Class

Editor — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:54:00 +0000

In the Spring of this year we published Rental Britain in conjunction with Rightmove. The report concluded that by 2016 another 1.1 million households will have joined the private rented sector swelling the total to around 5.9 million.

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Canada’s Realstar scores in Chelsea with third block

Editor — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Purchase for private-rented venture follows two in Hackney and Wandsworth. Emma Haslett reports

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Values skyrocket in UK’s private rented sector

Nick Johnstone — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000

The UK’s private rented homes have spiralled in value by 42% in five years and 1.1 million more need delivering during the next half decade, according to a Savills report published today in conjunction with Rightmove.

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