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Avison Young's Helen Collins: how Burnham can put the heart back into housebuilding
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (1295+ words) It's vital that housing for all doesn't get left behind by a Burnham-led government, writes Helen Collins, head of UK living and affordable housing at Avison Young With the news of Keir Starmer's departure as prime minister ramping up lobbying…...
The opex transparency gap: why do we know so little about BTR operating costs?
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (1810+ words) Operating costs, or opex, are crucial for build-to-rent investors " but the data is closely guarded. Is it time for the market to be more transparent? Keith Cooper investigates How much do build-to-rent (BTR) landlords spend on their operating costs? It…...
Councils see retirement housing as a liability, investor warns
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (578+ words) British councils see retirement housing as a liability, a director at German investor Patrizia has warned. On his experience working with councils, Gus Wiseman, director of UK products, told the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) Annual Conference on 1 July that…...
Subsidiary of for-profit affordable housing company Rentplus enters administration
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (578+ words) A subsidiary of for-profit affordable housing company Rentplus UK has entered administration. RPA1, which acquires new build affordable homes from developers and leases them to registered providers under a Rent to Buy model, entered administration on 29 June. Jim Tucker and Steve…...
Greystar finalises purchase of 904 build-to-rent homes in Elephant and Castle
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (626+ words) Greystar is finalising its acquisition of 904 homes in Elephant and Castle, south London. The US build-to-rent (BTR) giant has agreed to buy the homes at Elephant Park from Australian developer Lendlease and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Canada's…...
Losses widen at for-profit Auxesia Homes as debt and admin costs rise
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (368+ words) For-profit registered provider Auxesia Homes has posted widening losses due to rising'debt and admin costs. The landlord posted a post-tax loss of "5. 3m for the year to December 2025, up from "2. 8m the year before. Revenue rose 38% to "6. 5m, but this was offset by…...
Inside Housing Living - Analysis - Dispatches from Housing 2026: Blackstone, Burnham's Britain and co-living concerns
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1778+ words) Attendees of this week's Housing 2026 conference boarded their trains to Manchester just as the Makerfield by-election delivered Andy Burnham, Manchester's former metro mayor and the informal PM-in-waiting, to Westminster to be sworn in as an MP. As a baking heatwave…...
Exclusive: later living operators call for new leasehold tenure inspired by New Zealand
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (833+ words) Later living operators have called for the government to adopt leasehold tenure reforms inspired by New Zealand's retirement communities, Inside Housing Living can reveal. Housing-with-care operators and peer Lord Best have backed proposals for a new "retirement occupancy lease' (ROL),…...
Watkin Jones" 400-home co-living tower in Cardiff approved
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (476+ words) Plans have been approved for Watkin Jones" 400-home co-living tower in Cardiff city centre. The housing developer and operator received a resolution to grant planning permission for the scheme, which will be located at Custom House Street in Cardiff. Formal…...
Oxfordshire Pension Fund invests "55m in Man Group's affordable housing fund
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (372+ words) Oxfordshire Pension Fund has finalised a "55m investment in Man Group's Community Housing Fund. Oxfordshire's Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), which has a total of "3. 3bn in assets under management, has backed investor Man Group's Community Housing Fund, which aims to increase…...