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Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...

The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in...

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...

The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, is launching its first Build To Rent development in Derby.  It is...

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

There are numerous reasons as to why renting is the way forward and how it can bring just as much, if...

High end agency Savills and a London developer have launched apartments in a new Build To Rent scheme costing tenants up...

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

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

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

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

Build To Rent is recovering well from the pandemic across the UK according to a survey. Construction sites across the UK ground...

The dynamic of the private rental market has been changing in recent years. There's been a decline in private landlords, yet almost...

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

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

A Build To Rent operator claims some tenants - around a fifth - are willing to pay more for properties with...

The most common feature in Build To Rent developments is an issue dividing landlords - pet-friendly homes. Some 47 per cent of...

The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, with the news that a 650-home scheme in the city of Bath has...

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

A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...

More details have emerged of Lloyds Bank’s plan to become a landlord - and the proposal is even more ambitious than...

Build To Rent giant Grainger says east London’s lettings sector is seeing improvements thanks to returning office workers as the pandemic...

A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

Build To Rent planning application requests have risen 52 per cent in the past year according to the latest research. However they...

A supplier to the niche Build To Rent sector claims new research shows private rental tenants happy to pay a premium...

Another new Build To Rent player is emerging - in the unlikely form of the John Lewis Partnership. The company has long...

A proposed new Build To Rent scheme is thought to be the first in the UK to be in a suburb,...

Momentum for pets to routinely be allowed in rental properties has chiefly come from politicians and tenant groups - but now...

Build To Rent specialist Ascend Properties says latest data on the sector shows that across the UK some 36,054 BTR units...

A Build To Rent operator, Kooky, has launched a 39-unit scheme within a new Taylor Wimpey housing estate. The estate is Oakleigh...

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...

Love to Rent, a portal that markets properties to let, is to stage a customer awareness week to push Build To...

A contributor to the Big Issue magazine says corporations that become landlords may be better at it - and better for...

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players says the government should incentivise working from home and the use of...

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...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

Some tenants will spend years living in temporary Airbnb-style short let accommodation after the Coronavirus crisis ends, a lettings platform claims. The...

Private renting is now “a future-forward choice, seen by many conscious consumers to be a cool and connected way of accessing...

Technology colossus Samsung has teamed up with a Build To Rent provider to create what it calls “next generation neighbourhoods” of...

Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...

A Build To Rent operator claims to be promoting what it calls “socially conscious renting” as people seek to live more...

A new Build To Rent brand - Kooky - has acquired 208 units in High Wycombe from a developer, Inland Homes. The...

Sigma Capital has joined forces with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with a view to...

Plans to develop 460 build to rent flats next to Southall train station in west London have been given the go-ahead.  The...

A planning application has been submitted by DPP for a Build to Rent scheme at Flax Place in Leeds, on behalf...

Love to Rent is teaming up with the UK Apartment Association (UKAA) to host a webinar focusing on Covid-19 and the...

Grainger plc is targeting primarily key workers and recent graduates for their latest Build to Rent scheme in Salford.  Clippers Quay, the largest...

Wise Living has announced plans to build more than 10,000 Build to Rent (BTR) homes by 2025.  The BTR arm of property...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of its UK...

Build-to-Rent remains a fast growing sector with thousands of developments currently under construction, and this trend looks set to continue in...

The next government should urgently reduce VAT on maintenance and improvement works to people’s homes to help boost investment in the...

FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...

Moda Living has welcomed Boris Johnson’s pledge to introduce government-backed “lifetime rental deposits” to reduce the cost of moving from one...

Grainger PLC has submitted detailed planning consent for a Build to Rent scheme in Lewisham.  The project on Besson Street, SE14, which...

The number of Build to Rent homes completed, under construction or in planning across London has increased by 35% in the...

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

CBRE has completed the purchase of Telford Homes in a £267m deal. The acquisition of the housebuilder will enable the company to...

SES Engineering Services has been appointed to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and installation services on the Mustard Wharf Build...

The Build to Rent development pipeline has grown dramatically in recent years and there are clear signs of the sector becoming...

Phases one and two of the Clippers Quay and Salford Quays Build to Rent (BTR) developments in Manchester have now been fully...

Build to Rent (BTR) continues to go from strength to strength with record levels of investment in the sector, which explains...

Ascend Properties continues to expand its reach into the Build to Rent sector after securing significant investment from Gatehouse Bank last year. The...

There is no such thing as 'no-fault' eviction under Section 21, according to evictions specialist Paul Shamplina. The founder of Landlord Action insists...

Legal & General will develop 318 Build to Rent flats as part of a £400m regeneration of Cardiff’s Central Square district...

There was £359.4m of institutional investment into the UK private rented sector in second quarter of the year, according to CBRE...

Construction has been completed on the first major city centre Build to Rent development in Glasgow. With young professionals flocking to the...

Investment into the Build to Rent sector reached a record high in 2018, as corporate landlords continued to tap into healthy...

Investor demand from corporate landlords, often backed by institutional finance, is growing and that is pushing up rental values across some parts...

BLP Insurance has been awarded a new contract with Legal & General to underwrite the Mustard Wharf Build to Rent (BTR)...

More than a third of renters across the UK report being stuck in poorly maintained homes with landlords who refuse to...

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...

The government’s announcement earlier this week that there will be radical reforms of the PRS will not just create open-ended tenancies...

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...

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...

When property experts gathered at the Bristol office of Colliers International in June 2016 to discuss Bristol’s potential for Build to...

Viventi Capital Management has announced plans to invest £100m in the UK’s Built to Rent sector. The company says that it is...

Many people invest in property or sign up to investment club arrangements, which are not uncommon in the industry, but sometimes it...

Demand from new tenants in London’s private rented sector is rising at a time when the number of homes available to...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

Anaconda Cut, standing at 131 metres tall, making it the tallest building in Salford, has been officially launched. The 44-storey tower, which...

With a growing number of Build to Rent (BTR) developments increasing, broadband and utilities provider, Glide, has put together the top...

Legal & General has unveiled its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland to help meet the increasing demand for...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build To Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of...

Canopy, the UK property rental market app has teamed up with Rettie & Co. to trial RentPassport and DepositFree insurance at...

The Multifamily Housing REIT, a regional UK private rented sector (PRS) property group, is planning to compete against buy-to-let landlords in...

Buy-to-let landlords potentially interested in investing in the Midlands may wish to check out a new PRS investment scheme being launched...

The government’s private rented sector policies are failing tenants, mainly because they are ‘not joined up or thought through’, a new...

Property developers are looking to profit from the growing number of private renters by investing further in purpose-built rental accommodation. The Build...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

Construction work is progressing well on a new ultramodern, multimillion pound Build to Rent development on Forth Banks in Newcastle, which...

Many buy-to-let landlords may have reacted angrily to government proposals that will give tenants a minimum three year contract, but one...

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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,...

Buy-to-let landlords are currently in retreat in the housing market, leaving many tenants struggling to find suitable rented accommodation, new analysis...

A new development featuring the first family houses built exclusively for rent in Hampshire has been launched by Grainger, the UK’s...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...

Plans have been unveiled for a development of 375 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes, as part of the proposed redevelopment...

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...

Rents in Scotland have hit a record high as demand from renters continues to exceed supply, fresh figures show. The latest quarterly...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...

A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal &...

Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...

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...

One of UK’s leading developers of homes for private rent is calling on the government to exempt the build-to-rent sector from...

The housing minister’s call this week for significantly more homes “of every single type” to be built, including significantly more homes for...

Construction of a unique south London housing scheme has got underway in a factory in Shropshire. The modular construction by Elements Europe,...

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...

Get Living London has become the first Institutional Investor backed organisation to become a Licensed Member of the Association of Residential...

Affordable housing provider Rentplus has secured up to £70 million funding to support the delivery of thousands of new rent-to-buy homes   The...

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...

Funding by large-scale investors into Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector is set to triple by 2020 according to Knight Frank.  The...

Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze.  This is...

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

The British Property Federation (BPF) has announced the creation of a new committee that will focus on promoting the emerging build-to-rent...