LRC Group has secured funding from the real estate arm of Investec Bank to the tune of £53 million for residential investment across a series of transactions.
The UK build-to-rent market has had a landmark start to the year, with the sector recording its highest first quarter of investment since 2022, according to research from Savills.
CBRE recently hosted a roundtable for Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity and Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter with keynote speaker Caroline Simpson, chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, alongside senior CA housing leads and Tom Fisher, Head of GMGLC. Joined by CBRE clients, the group explored how the private sector can better support the public sector in tackling homelessness and temporary accommodation challenges across the region. Here are the key takeaways:
Ontario developers and apartment builders are set to see one of the largest tax rollbacks tied to new residential construction in the province, a move some officials say could cut costs by as much as $200,000 per unit for new rental and condominium projects.
Investor confidence in the UK healthcare real estate sector remains resilient amid a widening investor pool after a record-breaking year for transactions volumes in 2025, but allocation is becoming more selective, reports CBRE in its UK healthcare sentiment survey 2026.
When Welltower acquired Barchester in 2025, it did more than complete the largest care home deal on record. It reshaped investor perceptions of UK healthcare real estate and brought the sector firmly into the institutional mainstream. Twenty percent of all UK real estate investment in 2025 was in healthcare, which tell us that scale may prove difficult, but its influence is undeniable. The focus now is on what comes next.
Tower Hamlets council is set to throw out revisions lodged by developer and media tycoon Richard Desmond aimed at cutting the amount of affordable homes at a contentious £1 billion residential scheme on the Westferry Printworks site in east London.
Blackstone has agreed terms to sell the entire Fidere residential portfolio in Spain to Brookfield Asset Management for €1.2 billion in what is both the largest multifamily transaction in that country since the Great Recession and the first real estate deal for more than €1 billion (US$1.16 billion) since the Iran war began.
PIC, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has bought Ebb & Flow, a 598 unit build-to-rent development in Reading for more than £200 million.
UK house hunters are proving resilient in the face of continued economic and political uncertainty, according to the latest edition of the OnTheMarket Property Sentiment Index.
Legal & General Student Living, a fund managed by L&G’s Asset Management business, has bought Stanley Studios in Southampton from one of Brookfield Asset Management’s private real estate funds for £43 million.
Stronger sector performance, rising institutional activity and a stabilising macroeconomic outlook are helping to build renewed momentum across Europe’s living sector, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest European Living Investor Survey.
Harbert European Real Estate, the European real estate investment platform of Harbert Management Corporation, has bought a recently built purpose-built student accommodation asset from Blacklight Capital Partners.