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

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

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 is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

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

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

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

Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

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

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

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

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

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...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

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

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

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...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

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

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

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

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...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

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

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

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 new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

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...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

A lettings service called Smarter Rent is partnering with agents and developers to provide what it calls ”“an innovative property rental...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

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

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

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...

A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

Build To Rent operator Apo is partnering with PropTech platform Lavanda to offer increased exposure to Airbnb-style short-lets. The partnership will see Apo...

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

Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...

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...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...

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

Retirement housing specialist Pegasus wants to become a big player in Build To Rent and has employed the  Savills agency to...

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

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

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

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

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 prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

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...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

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

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

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...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

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...

Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

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

Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...

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

The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...

One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...

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