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    Realstar buys Ilford BTR scheme for £100m

    Canadian investor Realstar has bought Pioneer Point, the 294-unit build to rent scheme in Ilford, for $130m (£100m) from Kennedy Wilson, the Beverly Hills-based real estate company. More

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    Moda finalises plans for 720-home Birmingham scheme

    The consultation on the plans for the 2.6 acre Great Charles Street site will be launched at the end of the month.  Subject to planning, it will be Moda’s second site under development in the city after the 42-storey ‘The Mercian’ BTR tower. Moda managing director Tony Brooks said: “The consultation we are running will […] More

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    House by Urban Splash wins planning permission for Cambridgeshire scheme

    Yesterday, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee approved plans for the Inholm scheme, which is described as a “contemporary Fenland village”. It forms part of the wider 10,000-home Northstowe development.  Inholm will be brought forward by House by Urban Splash, the new modular housing joint venture between Urban Splash and Japan’s Sekisui House. Mark Latham, […] More

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    ​McVey loses job as housing minister

    McVey confirmed in a Tweet that she would no longer be serving as housing minister. She said: “I’m very sorry to be relieved of my duties as housing minister. I wish my successor the very best and every success [and] I’m very grateful to the Prime Minister for having given me the opportunity to serve […] More

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    Grainger seeks £185m from placing

    Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental housing, is seeking to raise around £185m from a placing of almost 10 per cent of the company’s shares. The group is placing up to 61.2m shares, which represents 9.99%, and including additional debt of around £120m based on company’s LTV target range, it will generate […] More