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Sourced Group launches new lettings franchise
Consultancy firm Sourced Group has launched a new lettings division, Sourced Living, which will offer flexible lettings to help boost occupancy.
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Government data shows fire safety issues with over half of Rydon’s English resi buildings
More than half of buildings developed by Rydon Group, the residential developer responsible for the construction of Grenfell Tower, have been identified as having fire safety issues, according to government figures.
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Plans in for £2bn West Town Edinburgh neighbourhood with 7,000 homes
Plans have been lodged for a giant £2bn new neighbourhood, which could see 7,000 new homes built alongside commercial and community assets in Edinburgh.
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Taylor Wimpey prioritises prices amid challenging market environment
Taylor Wimpey’s overall average selling prices rose 3.5% to £324,000 in 2023, but the housebuilder ended the year with a lower order-book value of £1.77m, excluding joint ventures, compared with £1.94m in 2022.
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Hightown secures £50m in funding from Aviva
Aviva Investors has provided £50m of funding to Hightown Housing Association, which owns and manages more than 8,700 homes and care and supported housing projects across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire.
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Peabody appoints new chair following death of Lord Kerslake
Housing association Peabody Group has appointed Caroline Corby as chair following the death of former chair Lord Kerslake last year.
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Native Residential’s Guy Nixon discusses upcoming trends and challenges for the BTR sector
Following a bumpy year for the build-to-rent (BTR) sector, many will wonder what 2024 has in store. Guy Nixon, founder and chief executive of Native Residential, which has more than 5,000 units across 18 schemes in the UK, discusses potential trends and challenges for the year ahead.
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‘Economic risks’ cause Sainsbury’s and FEC to drop 950-home east London scheme
Sainsbury’s has abandoned plans to redevelop a supermarket in Whitechapel, east London, where it also intended to build almost 1,000 homes and a hotel.
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Puma Property provides £72m loan for 790-bed Nottingham PBSA scheme
Puma Property Finance will provide a £72m loan to support the development of a 790-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Nottingham by a joint venture between Olympian Homes and Housing Growth Partnership (HGP).
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Persimmon warns on “highly uncertain” housing market in 2024
Housebuilding giant Persimmon said it expects the housing market to remain “highly uncertain” in 2024, despite achieving higher sales than expected in 2023.
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Winkworth blames Truss's mini-budget for fall in annual home sales
Estate agency group M Winkworth has blamed the September 2022 mini-Budget of former prime minister Liz Truss and then chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for a downturn in the UK property market and its annual trading in 2023.
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Home REIT takes legal action against tenants withholding rent as sell-off continues
Home REIT has revealed its investment manager AEW is taking legal action against selected tenants that continue to withhold rent, as it continues to auction off assets.
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Grosvenor and Generali launch £100m resi private debt co-investment strategy
Grosvenor Property UK and Generali Real Estate have launched a £100m residential private debt co-investment strategy today (9 January).
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Manchester mayor launches consultation on good landlords charter
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has launched a consultation on plans to improve standards of homes in social housing and the private rented sector (PRS).
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Clarion ordered to pay nearly £11,000 to residents after failure to repair damp and mould
The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Clarion Housing Group to pay £10,800 in compensation to residents over failures to repair damp and mould in its properties.
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Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne enters administration with loss of over 200 jobs
North-east Scotland-based housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has entered administration with the immediate loss of 217 jobs.
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VervLife’s Rose leads board appointments at UK Single-Family Association
The UK Single-Family Association (UKSFA), representative body for the single-family rental industry in the UK, has revealed a raft of appointments to its board, led by new president Katherine Rose.
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Hub and Bridges Fund Management acquire £19m Bath site for BTR development
Residential developer Hub, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management, has acquired a 4.5-acre brownfield site in Bath for £18.5m to develop a build-to-rent (BTR) scheme.
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Telford Homes and Poplar appoint Way of Life to manage east London resi tower
CBRE-owned residential developer Telford Homes, along with joint venture partner Poplar HARCA, has appointed Way of Life to manage 28-storey block of flats Balfron in Tower Tower Hamlets, east London.
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Gove launches consultation on Awaab’s Law
Housing secretary Michael Gove has launched the long-awaited consultation on ’Awaab’s Law’, seeking views on proposed new requirements to clamp down on rogue social landlords, requiring them to address health and safety hazards within 14 days.