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InsightInterview: RBS’s head of real estate finance Paul Coates
In a rare interview, RBS’s head of real estate finance Paul Coates explains about the transformation of the bank’s property lending business and why it has thrown its support behind the PRS.
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MarketsAs the PRS heats up, is it at risk of boiling over?
Is the UK private rented sector (PRS) market in danger of overheating? That’s the question some experts are asking.
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MarketsDownes fighting winning battle at Fizzy thanks to his army days
You would think the time Harry Downes spent advising on the delivery and marketing of London residential projects at CBRE, or his 13-year stint as sales and marketing director at the Manhattan Loft Corporation, best prepared him for his role as managing director of PRS specialist Fizzy Living. But that’s ...
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MarketsChainbow’s chief exec on why UK needs an apartment association
This spring, Roger Southam, chief executive officer of Chainbow, intends to launch a UK-based chapter of the National Apartment Association (NAA) - the membership body that represents PRS operators in the US.
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MarketsPRS holds many of the answers to the supply crisis
If there was one debate that raged throughout 2015, it was housing. How do we build more homes? And whose responsibility is it to provide enough affordable units?
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Markets‘Generation rent’ sees appeal in lifestyle-branded homes
A survey of millennials and business leaders demonstrates scale of opportunities for private rented sector.
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InsightPrivate rented sector: remove the bells and whistles
KISS is an acronym for ‘keep it simple, stupid’
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MarketsInterview: Apache's Richard Jackson on investment from the Middle East
There are one or two subtleties to managing a £1bn Middle Eastern fund driving property investment into the British regions.
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MarketsRents high and low - ensuring the success of North West PRS schemes
Outside London, no region is more enthusiastic about the private rented sector (PRS) than the North West.
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MarketsNew-look Labour brandishes tougher housing policies
It has been a dramatic week for the Labour party. Veteran left-wing Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn stormed to victory on Saturday, becoming Labour leader in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes.
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MarketsBirmingham looks for neighbourly help to solve housing crisis
D-day is fast approaching for Birmingham council’s ambitious housing growth plans.
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MarketsQ&A: Venn’s Richard Green on managing the government’s PRS debt guarantee scheme
The private rented sector (PRS) is slowly growing in the UK – but there are still limited long-term financing options for developers and investors.
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InsightWill more housing associations move into PRS?
A lot has been made of the government’s policy to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants, and the negative impact this could have on the supply of social housing in the future.
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MarketsQ&A: Joseph Homes founder Rajah on plans for 5,000 high-end rental units in London
The private rented sector (PRS) is a notoriously hard market to crack. Yet Joseph Homes has quietly built up a portfolio approaching 1,000 build-to-rent homes in London.
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InsightInvestors should partner housebuilders for PRS profit
To build or not to build? That is the question - not for Hamlet, of course, but for real estate investors. In the private rented sector (PRS), the answer is a resounding yes.
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MarketsPlanners must cater for independents in the middle
As the London mayoral candidates begin to unveil their manifestos and propose new initiatives on housing, they should also be asking themselves: what makes London great?
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PRS is a niche sector, not a housing magic wand
Is it not about time that the emerging private rented sector (PRS) was subject to much greater critical appraisal?
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MarketsPRS offers greater transparency for ‘generation rent’
The private rented sector has potential to change the way people view housing, despite the initial reluctance from some quarters.
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Five overseas investors making an impression in UK PRS
Middle Eastern investor Apache Capital Partners last week formed a £1bn joint venture with Moda Living to create the UK’s first regional private rented sector (PRS) platform.
