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Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...

A British Build To Rent management company has merged with a long-standing US firm in the same field to create a...

The SDL Group says it is on course to become the UK's largest provider of Build to Rent services.  The firm, which...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

A management buy out appears to be on the cards for Spark Energy, an energy supplier to the lettings and social...

The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...

Knight Frank says Britain’s fast-developing Build To Rent sector may be worth £50 billion by 2020. BTR - which is an umnbrella...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...