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The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Portsmouth and Southsea lettings agency Chinneck Shaw has been appointed to manage the first purpose-built Build to Rent project from Ravelin...

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

The Build To Rent sector has now joined those parts of the property sector with a dedicated awards event. The awards -...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...

Manchester-based lettings agency Ascend Properties has consolidated its role in the single-family Build To Rent niche with its appointment by investment...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Chris Harris, seen as the architect of the move by the John Lewis Partnership into rental housing, is stepping down this...

Two lettings experts are set to discuss what the government’s Bill means for agents at a free webinar. Well known property lawyer...

The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...

The number of Build To Rent completions has fallen by 56 per cent in the past year, a decline being very...

One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...

It’s being billed as the Build To Rent sector’s biggest ever exp and now the trade body behind it has given...

A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth.  Research from the British Property Federation and...

A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...

The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

The Build to Rent sector has grown by 14 per cent in the year to the end of the first quarter...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

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

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

Build To Rent operator Avanton has pledged to build hundreds of new homes in two London hotspots under its A:Living brand. They...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...

Another report is talking up the Build To Rent niche in the British rental market. Sirius Property Finance has compiled BTR sector...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

A Manchester-based lettings agency has won a long-term deal with one of the UK’s most prominent Build To Rent operators.  Ascend Properties...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users.  The partnership with...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...