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Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests that between 800,000 and one million more homes are required to meet...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has struck a long-term deal with =Network Rail and the property developer Bloc Group to...

Our generations-old obsession with home-ownership may be waning for the first time in recent memory. The introduction of the Housing Act in...

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

The property market is always changing, leaving investors on the constant lookout for their next big opportunity. With housing prices continuing...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

Build To Rent sector players are complaining about too much tax and regulation holding back their activities. A new analysis of 31...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

Resident satisfaction amongst Build To Rent tenants is falling for the first time since reviews were first collected five years ago. A...

First the troubled John Lewis Partnership announced plans to create Build To Rent properties around or on top of Waitrose stories;...

An agency heavily involved in Build To Rent claims investment in the sector remains high - but soaring debt costs may...

Grainger, the Newcastle company that is active in Build To Rent and claims to be Britain’s biggest landlord, has enjoyed a...

It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...

Phil Spencer’s online consumer service Move iQ has created a series on its YouTube channel looking at living in Build To...

The people behind the largest ever analysis of Build To Rent in England claim it shows  a broad and evolving customer...

Property experts in one part of the UK where rent freezes are a way of life say they make the housing...

A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...

An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

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...

The growth in the number of landlords and property investors in the UK has been astonishing over the last three decades....

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

A new multi-housing report reveals five trends that are set to dominate the private rented sector between now and 2025.   The...

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...

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

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its largest build-to-rent (BTR) site to date located in Woolwich. The scheme, which has been...

Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have teamed up once again to fund the construction of 114 private rental homes in...

It has been just over a year since the opening of the rental development be:here Hayes in west London, delivered by...

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...

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 &...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...