Residential

Legal & General’s affordable housing business has secured £175m of development finance from external investors for the delivery of 3,500 affordable homes. More

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

Grainger has agreed to forward fund and acquire a 348-home build to rent (BTR) development in Nottingham from Blocwork for £55.6m. More

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

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

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