All PRS articles – Page 5
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NewsPLATFORM_ enters Welsh market with 206-home BTR development in Cardiff
Build-to-rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ is set to enter the Welsh market with a new scheme in Cardiff.
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Senior BTR figures call for more support from planners to grow sector
Senior figures in build-to-rent have called for the sector to get its own use class.
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Realstar purchases 166 new PRS homes in London
Realstar has forward-funded Redrow Homes’s 166-unit build-to-rent development in Southall, West London.
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HomeViews site aims to be TripAdvisor for resi schemes
Developers sign up to independent London website where residents can review BTR and for-sale housing
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Cassidy markets £700m of forward-funding opportunities
Developer Cassidy Group is marketing £700m of forward-funding opportunities in the student accommodation and build-to-rent (BTR) sectors.
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Record PRS investment in 2018
Institutional investment into the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) reached a record total of £3.1bn in 2018, up 33% year-on-year.
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Law Commission proposes making it easier for leaseholders to manage properties
The Law Commission is proposing making it easier for leaseholders to acquire the right to manage (RTM) properties so that they can take control of the day-to-day management of their building. The announcement marks the beginning of a three-month consultation on RTM.
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JLL launch short-term rental platform to rival ‘illegitimate ‘Airbnbing’’
JLL and Aberdeen Standard Investments have launched a software platform that enables one-night stays in rental accommodation to compete with what they call “illegitimate ‘Airbnbing’”.
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As BTR pipeline grows, are we ready to manage the homes?
We should all be encouraged by last week’s figures from the British Property Federation showing that there are now almost 140,000 build to rent homes complete, under construction or in planning in the UK.
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Cording forward funds Nottingham PRS scheme
Cording Real Estate Group has struck the third deal for its £400m Cording UK Residential Investment Fund, which invests in the private rented sector (PRS) on behalf of continental European investors.
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Build-to-rent sector isn’t just for young, wealthy urbanites
As Helen Crane’s feature noted, Landsec and British Land are among the big developers and investors targeting the maturing BTR market. So what’s next?
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Green quits LSL’s PRSim for flatmate start-up
Jo Green, a former director of PRS and build to rent (BTR) client services at LSL’s PRSim, has joined as UK sales director of Ideal Flatmate, the UK’s first compatibility based flatsharing site.
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Realstar backs London BTR double
Realstar has agreed to fund two new build-to-rent schemes in East London and Southall, West London, with a total development value of £200m.
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Big players join the BTR party
Landsec and British Land are among the big developers and investors targeting the maturing BTR market.
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BTR home numbers jump 22% in a year
The number of build-to-rent homes completed, under construction or in planning has increased by 22% to 139,508 over the past year, according to research published produced by Savills for the British Property Federation (BPF).
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Are amenity-rich BTR schemes really worth the cost?
Gavriel Hollander reports on whether renters really want to live in new BTR developments that offer everything from rooftop yoga to ‘Bobs’
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New Watkin Jones CEO backs BTR
Watkin Jones is to continue its push into build-to-rent (BTR) development under new chief executive Richard Simpson.
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2019 forecast: Alistair Elliot (Knight Frank)
”It is also imperative that our industry focuses on how to rejuvenate our high streets and addresses the need for a radical shake-up of both transaction charges and occupational taxes”
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2019 forecast: Mark Bladon (Investec)
”I’d like to see BTR reach the stage where assets are trading so we get some benchmarking, allowing developers and lenders to get more comfortable with the sector”
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2019 forecast: Ami Kotecha (AMRO)
Rather than planning for impending doom, my hope is that we focus our capital and approach on improving productivity, harnessing technology and driving growth.
