August 6, 2025
Unite Students given green light for south London PBSA scheme
UK-based REIT Unite Students has been granted planning permission for a student homes development in south London.
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August 5, 2025Activum SG enters UK student market with 795-bed portfolio acquisition
Activum SG, the pan-European opportunistic real estate investment manager, has dipped its toe into the UK purpose-built student accommodation market for the first time by buying five sites with student living specialist Mansion Group.
August 1, 2025Imperial to launch scale-up lab space aimed at science and tech firms
Imperial College London is set to deliver specialist lab space aimed at science and tech firms in the capital at One Portal Way, Old Oak, as part of the wider campus regeneration.
August 1, 2025Landsec secures planning for first homes at £1.5 billion Manchester neighbourhood
Landsec, the co-owner and development manager at Mayfield in Manchester, has clinched planning for the first homes at the £1.5 billion mixed-use scheme.- July 31, 2025
BTR boosts UK living sector investment as overall total falls
The UK living sector has seen a drop in investment of around a third in the second quarter of 2025 amid an overall dip in real estate investment, reports CBRE. - July 31, 2025
UK student homes investment hit £830 million in second quarter
Around £830 million was invested in the UK purpose build student accommodation (PBSA) market in the second quarter of 2025, according to Knight Frank. 
July 31, 2025Leasing agents appointed on Canary Wharf build-to-rent development
Vertus, the residential leasing arm of Canary Wharf Group, has appointed agents to ease its new build-to-rent building at 50-60 Charter Street on the Docklands estate.
July 31, 2025QuadReal buys student homes portfolio from Apollo for £500 million
QuadReal Property Group, the global real estate investment, development and operating company, has bought an eight-asset, 3,460-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio in the UK from Apollo-managed funds and entities.
July 30, 2025Goldman Sachs and Generation Partners splash £86 million on Southampton student homes
Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Generation Partners have bought Portswood House, a 435-student homes development in Southampton from Vita Ventures, as the US financial powerhouse continues its return to the sector in the UK.
July 30, 2025Larger deals increasingly rare in second quarter of 2025
UK property investment volume was at a two-year low in the second quarter and was the first quarter in five years with no transactions above £400 million, reports Lambert Smith Hampton.
July 30, 2025Dolphin Living appoints chair and new board
Dolphin Living, the UK intermediate rental housing provider for key workers, has appointed Jason Green as chair of the board and Darren Parker, Foong-Yee Cross and Jess Wallis as Subcommittee Members.
July 30, 2025St George gets all clear for more homes at Sutton town centre development
St George, part of the Berkeley Group, has gained consent from the London Borough of Sutton to increase the number of homes at Chalk Gardens, the former B&Q site, from 970 to 1,014 including increasing the number of affordable homes to 353.
July 30, 2025Government combines Network Rail property arm and LCR in pledge to build 40,000 brownfield homes
The government has unveiled Platform4, a new real estate company created by combining London and Continental Railways and Network Rail's property team, pledging the move will accelerate development of 40,000 homes already in the pipeline on surplus railway land.
July 29, 2025Unite posts increased earnings as acquisitions become 'more attractive'
Strong rental growth, property acquisitions and the delivery of projects helped Unite Students increase its earnings by 15% during the first half of the year.
July 28, 2025Mixed-use renegeration plans worked up for Preston's St John's shopping centre
Shopping centre and regeneration specialist Praxis is proposing a mixed-use development in Preston, repurposing part of St John's shopping centre.
July 24, 2025Why Blackstone sees real estate recovery picking up speed
Private equity giant Blackstone, the world’s largest commercial property owner, sees a real estate recovery picking up after elevated interest rates, pandemic-sparked office market struggles and uncertainty over U.S. tariffs slowed its once best-performing segment.
July 24, 2025Major Edgware regeneration scheme approved
Developer Ballymore and Places for London, Transport for London's property company, have secured outline planning permission for the redevelopment of Edgware town centre from the London Borough of Barnet.- July 24, 2025
Octopus Capital raises additional £118 million for Affordable Housing Fund
Asset manager Octopus Capital has raised an additional £118 million for its Affordable Housing Fund. 
July 24, 2025Residential market boosted by two XXL transactions
Overall residential en bloc investment in France*, as defined by ImmoStat, rose by 11% in H1 2025, to €1.9 billion, but this volume was mainly driven by two XXL transactions: the sale by Gecina of the YouFirst Campus portfolio to the JV formed by Nuveen Real Estate and GSA for €538 million, and the acquisition by Éric Sitruk and Thomas Fabius of the îlot Chirac for €165 million.
