The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester. Centrick will provide...
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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...
10 May 2024
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Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...
30 April 2024
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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’...
26 April 2024
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A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
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Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...
17 April 2024
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Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...
16 April 2024
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Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Consisting...
05 April 2024
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A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...
02 April 2024
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A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...
26 March 2024
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Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...
19 March 2024
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A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...
15 March 2024
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Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
12 March 2024
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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...
12 March 2024
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...
08 March 2024
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One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...
29 February 2024
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Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
27 February 2024
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Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...
19 February 2024
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A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
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Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...
09 February 2024
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Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
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The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...
07 February 2024
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A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
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The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
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A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
30 January 2024
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Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...
23 January 2024
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Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group. Andrews branches will be able to...
22 January 2024
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...
19 January 2024
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The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...
15 January 2024
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Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...
10 January 2024
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Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
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The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...
05 January 2024
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A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
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Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...
04 January 2024
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The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...
03 January 2024
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A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...
03 January 2024
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Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...
11 December 2023
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New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...
08 December 2023
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Portsmouth and Southsea lettings agency Chinneck Shaw has been appointed to manage the first purpose-built Build to Rent project from Ravelin...
04 December 2023
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Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...
30 November 2023
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Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector. Savills...
28 November 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...
28 November 2023
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A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...
22 November 2023
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A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...
15 November 2023
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The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...
13 November 2023
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The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...
10 November 2023
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In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....
16 October 2023
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A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...
16 October 2023
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A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...
13 October 2023
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A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...
11 October 2023
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Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...
06 October 2023
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A lettings service called Smarter Rent is partnering with agents and developers to provide what it calls ”“an innovative property rental...
28 September 2023
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A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...
18 September 2023
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The Build To Rent sector has now joined those parts of the property sector with a dedicated awards event. The awards -...
14 September 2023
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The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...
08 September 2023
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The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...
05 September 2023
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Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...
31 August 2023
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A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...
18 August 2023
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Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...
09 August 2023
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Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...
07 August 2023
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Manchester-based lettings agency Ascend Properties has consolidated its role in the single-family Build To Rent niche with its appointment by investment...
04 August 2023
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The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...
31 July 2023
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A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...
12 July 2023
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John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...
04 July 2023
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Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
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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...
22 June 2023
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Chris Harris, seen as the architect of the move by the John Lewis Partnership into rental housing, is stepping down this...
21 June 2023
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Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...
15 June 2023
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The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...
02 June 2023
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The number of Build To Rent completions has fallen by 56 per cent in the past year, a decline being very...
09 May 2023
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Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...
03 May 2023
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One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...
28 April 2023
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Retirement housing specialist Pegasus wants to become a big player in Build To Rent and has employed the Savills agency to...
17 April 2023
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Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...
05 April 2023
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A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
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A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...
28 March 2023
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A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...
22 March 2023
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Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...
22 March 2023
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It’s being billed as the Build To Rent sector’s biggest ever exp and now the trade body behind it has given...
16 March 2023
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A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...
15 March 2023
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The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
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A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...
23 February 2023
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The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...
22 February 2023
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Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...
16 February 2023
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The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...
13 February 2023
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Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...
07 February 2023
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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...
31 January 2023
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Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom. Carter...
23 January 2023
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Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
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Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...
11 January 2023
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The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
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Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent. Chief...
05 January 2023
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The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
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The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...
05 December 2022
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Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...
02 December 2022
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The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...
24 November 2022
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A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...
14 November 2022
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The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...