All PRS articles
-
NewsEutopia Homes’ £130m resi scheme greenlit
Eutopia Homes has secured planning for a £130m intergenerational resi scheme on a former Network Rail site in Exeter.
-
News
Placefirst reveals plans for 350-unit resi development
Developer Placefirst has revealed plans for its first scheme in the Midlands, a 350-unit resi development in Wolverhampton.
-
Online
Swedish pension fund opens DOOR to £250m funding
Oxford Properties Group and Delancey Real Estate Asset Management have raised up to £250m from Swedish pension fund Alecta for the residential investment vehicle DOOR.
-
Online
Commercial real estate investment plummets in January after bumper December
Total UK commercial real estate investment in January plunged to £1.4bn, down from the £10.2bn invested in December – the third-best month on record – and from the £3.3bn invested in January 2019.
-
News
Birmingham tops CBRE’s list of likely BTR regional hotspots
Leeds is second in list of top 20 locations where BTR development is set to soar on the back of strong demand.
-
News
Apache Capital targets £600m for its second UK BTR venture
Chief executive says North American investors see huge opportunity in relatively immature UK BTR market
-
Online
Grainger secures first Nottingham BTR scheme
Grainger has agreed to forward fund and acquire a 348-home build to rent (BTR) development in Nottingham from Blocwork for £55.6m.
-
Online
Helsby joins Get Living
Former Savills boss Jeremy Helsby has been appointed chairman of Get Living’s supervisory board.
-
News
Urbanbubble founder on managing success
Michael Howard talks about raising the bar for resi management and BTR’s potential
-
Insight
BTL cannot compete with BTR
Buy-to-let used to be all the rage. Developers keen to score some early runs packaged up enough ‘off-plan sales’ to make a Far East sales trip worth the air tickets and liver damage.
-
Online
Atrium shifts retail focus to enter PRS market in Central Europe
Atrium European Real Estate has completed a strategic review that will see it enter the PRS market alongside its retail focus in Central Europe.
-
Online
Grainger funds Cardiff PRS scheme for £57m
Granger has announced that it will fund a 307-home PRS development at Capital Quarter in Cardiff.
-
News
McCarthy & Stone CEO puts faith in rental and modular
Tonkiss driving rental and MMC push as part of strategy to cut costs and increase choice for customers
-
Online
NAV nudges up as rental income leaps at Grainger
Net asset value (NAV) at Grainger nudged up 1% in the year to the end of September, as rental growth helped fuel a 9% dividend hike.
-
News
Develop Croydon puts BTR in the spotlight
BTR developers see big potential in the town but affordability remains a concern
-
Insight
BTR tops alternative investments
The end of Help to Buy is fast approaching. It feels symbolic, reflecting the UK population’s shifting attitudes away from an occupier-owner model to that of private renter. From 18-year-olds heading to university through to retirees looking to downsize, the UK residential landscape is undergoing seismic change.
-
Online
Crosslane Group moves into co-living with £355m pipeline
Student accommodation developer Crosslane Group is to enter the co-living market, with a pipeline of more than 1,700 units at a value of £355m.
-
Online
Overseas investors increase focus on PRS as pound falls
The proportion of homes in the private rental sector being let by overseas landlords has increased year-on-year as falls in the value of sterling attract international property investors, according to Hamptons International.
-
News
Report highlights barriers to European investment in UK
Investors see UK PRS as attractive but are holding back until there is clarity over Brexit and rent controls
-
News
Invesco in £4bn residential push
Invesco Real Estate is gearing up to double the size of its European residential portfolio to £4bn over the next five years.
