CIH calls for ‘tourism tax’ and regulation to curb short-term rentals
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called for regulation of Airbnb-style short-term lets
Latest Articles by Emma Rosser
Kier wins £200m Camberley town centre regen
The mixed-use scheme will combine residential, commercial and new public realm
Urban Exposure appoints CFO as it reports strong growth
Residential development and asset manager Urban Exposure has appointed Sam Dobbyn as its CFO
LondonMetric extends logistics leases
Argos and Oak Furniture Land sign new deals for 12 and 15 years respectively.
Bovis teams up with Riverside in £100m jv
Partnership plans to build more than 3,600 new homes at Stanton Cross in Northamptonshire.
EcoWorld London secures £94m in dev finance
United Overseas Bank and Bangkok Bank back 900-home Verdo-Kew Bridge scheme and Brentford stadium.
Almero makes £27m central London resi land grab
The schemes will deliver 80,000 sq ft of residential space and 40,000 sq ft of commercial space
L&Q to acquire Trafford Housing Trust
L&Q Group is in talks to acquire North West housing association Trafford Housing Trust.
Cairn Homes markets Dublin BTR scheme for €90m
Savills and Hooke & MacDonald appointed to sell 282-home Citywest Quarter BTR scheme.
Khan offers £200m booster for housing associations
The London mayor has called on the government to match the amount
MJ Gleeson mulls future of strategic land
MJ Gleeson has appointed Lazard to advise on the potential sale of its strategic land business.
Regal opts for a hotel at London’s Commercial Road
Tower Hamlets planning committee has approved plans for a 14-storey, 156-bedroom hotel
St Modwen ventures into Birmingham city centre
The housebuilder has acquired a part-built apartment scheme at St Anne’s Court for around £9m
Triple Point portfolio tops £300m
Triple Point Social Housing REIT’s portfolio hit £323.5m in its first full-year results
Redrow picks up £180m Tesco site
Housebuilder Redrow has acquired Tesco’s New Malden site in south-west London
Berkeley submits plans for £200m Birmingham Eastside Locks
The housebuilder’s St Joseph subsidiary has submitted plans for 769 homes at Eastside Locks
Foxtons boss gets a bumper bonus amid sliding profits
Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden received a bumper bonus of £248,000, up 14% on last year
GLA rejects Meyer’s Lewisham resi plans
Plans proposed three towers of up to 34 storeys on the former Tesco site at 209 Conington Road.
Regional REIT profits double
The REIT has reported profits more than doubling to £67.4m for the year ended 31 December 2018
AEW raises €750m for logistics fund
The REIT has raised €750m in equity for its pan-European logistics fund LOGISTIS
Taylor Wimpey announces board reshuffle
The housebuilder’s group legal director is retiring and a group general counsel has been appointed
ReSI extends retirement leaseholds
Residential Secure Income has extended the leases of 279 of its long-leasehold retirement properties
Retail could double London resi values, says Savills
High-quality retail and leisure could more than double existing London residential values
Plans in for Artisan’s £74m Leeds regen
Proposals for the new development at Kirkstall Place would create 263 homes.
Berkeley set for green light at White City
Hammersmith & Fulham planning officers have recommended approval of the 527-home Centre House scheme
Bellway posts profits hike
Housebuilder Bellway’s profit surged by 8.7% in the six months to 31 January.
Inland Homes agrees £65m credit facility
Inland Homes has entered into a £65m revolving credit facility with HSBC.
L&G gets approval for Brighton’s first BTR scheme
Legal & General has been given the green light to deliver the first build-to-rent scheme in Brighton
8,500 homes planned for Kent’s Otterpool Park
Folkstone & Hythe Council and Cozumel Estates are planning a mixed-use development at Otterpool Park
Homes England invests £63m in Burgess Hill resi scheme
Land Assembly Fund cash will enable roads, a bridge and landscaping at Northern Arc.
Ruby Triangle gets £45m boost from Fortwell Capital
Avanton has secured £45m of finance from Link Asset Services for its Old Kent Road development
Montreaux plans 850 homes for Ilford Retail Park
Mixed-use developer Montreaux has submitted an EIA application for 850 homes at Ilford Retail Park
Be First gets green light for 400-home scheme in Barking
The development spans two buildings of 20 and 29 storeys, and includes 43% affordable homes
London Square launches commercial arm
The residential developer has launched a commercial division called London Square Works
Hallmark to bring rival co-living scheme to Acton
Property manager Hallmark is set to launch a 335-bed co-living scheme in Western Avenue, East Acton
Greystar and Get Living lambast London Plan BTR demands
A new amendment to the London Plan would bring social housing into BTR schemes for the first time
Persimmon announces ‘home faults’ deferred payments
Initiative will allow buyers’ solicitors to withhold 1.5% of property’s value until issues are fixed
Benson Elliot Fund V beats €800m target
Benson Elliot Capital Management has raised more than €800m in its latest pan-European fund.
Next retail sales drop 7.3%
Retail sales fell to £1.95bn, from £2.12bn the previous year. Retail profit fell by 21% to £212.3m
Montreaux buys B&Q site at Cricklewood park for £45m
Mixed-use developer Montreaux has acquired B&Q’s site at Cricklewood’s Broadway Retail Park
The future of the UK’s high streets lies in the past
MIPIM 2019: Could the answer be a focus on mixed-use, community services and old-fashioned values?
The Collective expands in NYC with $90m double deal
The Collective has acquired two sites in New York, bringing its total portfolio end-value to £1bn
Investment in regional digital connectivity is just ‘peanuts’
MIPIM 2019: Investment in digital connectivity is inadequate at the moment, say regional leaders
FirstPort acquires Barratt Residential Asset Management
Property manager FirstPort has acquired Barratt Residential Asset Management.
Fortwell agrees £31m for High Street Group Birmingham resi
Fortwell Capital has completed a development loan for the construction of Westminster Works
Real estate needs ‘deep-rooted’ change, say Investment in Tech panellists
MIPIM 2019: We must educate proptech start-ups, the panel said at EG’s Investment in Tech session
Data will make our cities smarter
MIPIM 2019: Public fear overs data-sharing is one of the biggest barriers to creating smart cities
YTL gets green light for Filton Airfield
YTL Developments wins consent for first phase of £800m redevelopment of Bristol’s Filton Airfield.
Octopus Property loan book tops £1bn
Bumper start to the year sees Octopus add more than £150m in financing.
Homes England agrees £30m loan for Basildon resi schemes
The schemes comprise 760 new homes and around 86,000 sq ft of commercial space across two sites.
