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The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, is launching its first Build To Rent development in Derby. It is...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...
12 March 2022
From: Rental Reform

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

There are numerous reasons as to why renting is the way forward and how it can bring just as much, if...
15 January 2022
From: Industry Views

High end agency Savills and a London developer have launched apartments in a new Build To Rent scheme costing tenants up...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...
08 January 2022
From: Industry Views

1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...
08 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...
18 December 2021
From: The Big Issues

Build To Rent apartment brand Essential Living is giving its tenants five New Year’s Resolutions for 2022. 1. Create Home Working Space:...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new large-scale Build To Rent landlord, which describes itself as providing “high-quality luxury student accommodation,” has revealed a second scheme...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new large-scale Build To Rent landlord, which describes itself as providing “high-quality luxury student accommodation,” has revealed a second scheme...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent is recovering well from the pandemic across the UK according to a survey. Construction sites across the UK ground...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The dynamic of the private rental market has been changing in recent years. There's been a decline in private landlords, yet almost...
09 October 2021
From: Industry Views

We hope you enjoy our Breaking News service each weekday - and from tomorrow we have additional weekend features too. Each weekend...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

We hope you enjoy our Breaking News service each weekday - and from this Saturday we have additional weekend features too. Each...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator claims some tenants - around a fifth - are willing to pay more for properties with...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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The most common feature in Build To Rent developments is an issue dividing landlords - pet-friendly homes. Some 47 per cent of...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, with the news that a 650-home scheme in the city of Bath has...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have reported huge surges in demand for pet-friendly properties. Richard O’Neill, managing director at Romans Lettings, says: “There has certainly...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged of Lloyds Bank’s plan to become a landlord - and the proposal is even more ambitious than...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent giant Grainger says east London’s lettings sector is seeing improvements thanks to returning office workers as the pandemic...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent planning application requests have risen 52 per cent in the past year according to the latest research. However they...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A supplier to the niche Build To Rent sector claims new research shows private rental tenants happy to pay a premium...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Another new Build To Rent player is emerging - in the unlikely form of the John Lewis Partnership. The company has long...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Momentum for pets to routinely be allowed in rental properties has chiefly come from politicians and tenant groups - but now...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent specialist Ascend Properties says latest data on the sector shows that across the UK some 36,054 BTR units...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator, Kooky, has launched a 39-unit scheme within a new Taylor Wimpey housing estate. The estate is Oakleigh...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Love to Rent, a portal that markets properties to let, is to stage a customer awareness week to push Build To...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A contributor to the Big Issue magazine says corporations that become landlords may be better at it - and better for...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players says the government should incentivise working from home and the use of...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenants at a Newcastle-upon-Tyne Build To Rent scheme are being offered deposit alternatives by the developer-cum-management firm, The High Street Group. The...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some tenants will spend years living in temporary Airbnb-style short let accommodation after the Coronavirus crisis ends, a lettings platform claims. The...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Private renting is now “a future-forward choice, seen by many conscious consumers to be a cool and connected way of accessing...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Technology colossus Samsung has teamed up with a Build To Rent provider to create what it calls “next generation neighbourhoods” of...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator claims to be promoting what it calls “socially conscious renting” as people seek to live more...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new Build To Rent brand - Kooky - has acquired 208 units in High Wycombe from a developer, Inland Homes. The...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Sigma Capital has joined forces with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with a view to...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Plans to develop 460 build to rent flats next to Southall train station in west London have been given the go-ahead. The...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A planning application has been submitted by DPP for a Build to Rent scheme at Flax Place in Leeds, on behalf...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Love to Rent is teaming up with the UK Apartment Association (UKAA) to host a webinar focusing on Covid-19 and the...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc is targeting primarily key workers and recent graduates for their latest Build to Rent scheme in Salford. Clippers Quay, the largest...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Wise Living has announced plans to build more than 10,000 Build to Rent (BTR) homes by 2025. The BTR arm of property...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of its UK...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Build-to-Rent remains a fast growing sector with thousands of developments currently under construction, and this trend looks set to continue in...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The next government should urgently reduce VAT on maintenance and improvement works to people’s homes to help boost investment in the...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Moda Living has welcomed Boris Johnson’s pledge to introduce government-backed “lifetime rental deposits” to reduce the cost of moving from one...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Grainger PLC has submitted detailed planning consent for a Build to Rent scheme in Lewisham. The project on Besson Street, SE14, which...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of Build to Rent homes completed, under construction or in planning across London has increased by 35% in the...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

More than £2bn has been invested into the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) sector in the first three quarters of 2019, according...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

CBRE has completed the purchase of Telford Homes in a £267m deal. The acquisition of the housebuilder will enable the company to...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

SES Engineering Services has been appointed to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and installation services on the Mustard Wharf Build...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Build to Rent development pipeline has grown dramatically in recent years and there are clear signs of the sector becoming...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Phases one and two of the Clippers Quay and Salford Quays Build to Rent (BTR) developments in Manchester have now been fully...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Build to Rent (BTR) continues to go from strength to strength with record levels of investment in the sector, which explains...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Ascend Properties continues to expand its reach into the Build to Rent sector after securing significant investment from Gatehouse Bank last year. The...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

There is no such thing as 'no-fault' eviction under Section 21, according to evictions specialist Paul Shamplina. The founder of Landlord Action insists...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General will develop 318 Build to Rent flats as part of a £400m regeneration of Cardiff’s Central Square district...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There was £359.4m of institutional investment into the UK private rented sector in second quarter of the year, according to CBRE...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
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Construction has been completed on the first major city centre Build to Rent development in Glasgow. With young professionals flocking to the...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Investment into the Build to Rent sector reached a record high in 2018, as corporate landlords continued to tap into healthy...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Investor demand from corporate landlords, often backed by institutional finance, is growing and that is pushing up rental values across some parts...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

BLP Insurance has been awarded a new contract with Legal & General to underwrite the Mustard Wharf Build to Rent (BTR)...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

More than a third of renters across the UK report being stuck in poorly maintained homes with landlords who refuse to...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government’s announcement earlier this week that there will be radical reforms of the PRS will not just create open-ended tenancies...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords believe that today’s Spring Statement provides the chancellor Philip Hammond with an opportunity to bolster activity in the buy-to-let...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

When property experts gathered at the Bristol office of Colliers International in June 2016 to discuss Bristol’s potential for Build to...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Viventi Capital Management has announced plans to invest £100m in the UK’s Built to Rent sector. The company says that it is...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Many people invest in property or sign up to investment club arrangements, which are not uncommon in the industry, but sometimes it...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Demand from new tenants in London’s private rented sector is rising at a time when the number of homes available to...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Anaconda Cut, standing at 131 metres tall, making it the tallest building in Salford, has been officially launched. The 44-storey tower, which...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With a growing number of Build to Rent (BTR) developments increasing, broadband and utilities provider, Glide, has put together the top...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has unveiled its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland to help meet the increasing demand for...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build To Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Canopy, the UK property rental market app has teamed up with Rettie & Co. to trial RentPassport and DepositFree insurance at...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Multifamily Housing REIT, a regional UK private rented sector (PRS) property group, is planning to compete against buy-to-let landlords in...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords potentially interested in investing in the Midlands may wish to check out a new PRS investment scheme being launched...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s private rented sector policies are failing tenants, mainly because they are ‘not joined up or thought through’, a new...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Property developers are looking to profit from the growing number of private renters by investing further in purpose-built rental accommodation. The Build...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Construction work is progressing well on a new ultramodern, multimillion pound Build to Rent development on Forth Banks in Newcastle, which...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Many buy-to-let landlords may have reacted angrily to government proposals that will give tenants a minimum three year contract, but one...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Celebrate the shows 5th Birthday and 57th event to date in the Landlord Investor Lounge with a glass of prosecco with...
06 June 2018
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of build-to-rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the UK,...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are currently in retreat in the housing market, leaving many tenants struggling to find suitable rented accommodation, new analysis...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A new development featuring the first family houses built exclusively for rent in Hampshire has been launched by Grainger, the UK’s...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Plans have been unveiled for a development of 375 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes, as part of the proposed redevelopment...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland have hit a record high as demand from renters continues to exceed supply, fresh figures show. The latest quarterly...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal &...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Waltham Forest Council’s planning committee has awarded planning consent for the construction of a 440-home build-to-rent scheme in Walthamstow on the site...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News

One of UK’s leading developers of homes for private rent is calling on the government to exempt the build-to-rent sector from...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The housing minister’s call this week for significantly more homes “of every single type” to be built, including significantly more homes for...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Construction of a unique south London housing scheme has got underway in a factory in Shropshire. The modular construction by Elements Europe,...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Get Living London has become the first Institutional Investor backed organisation to become a Licensed Member of the Association of Residential...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Affordable housing provider Rentplus has secured up to £70 million funding to support the delivery of thousands of new rent-to-buy homes The...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Funding by large-scale investors into Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector is set to triple by 2020 according to Knight Frank. The...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze. This is...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...