Madeleine Knight

Affordable housing provider VIVID has secured £14.35m from the government’s Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH: SHF) to improve the energy efficiency of its properties.

Orwell Housing Association has secured a £32.5m funding deal with NatWest to support its of ambition of creating 100 new homes every year.

Lenders team up to help refinance 10-storey apartment block and restaurant facing Green Park.

Real estate investors' trade body The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) has published a charter designed to ensure that real estate fund managers maintain high standards of transparency and corporate governance.

Residential real estate continues to dominate sector preferences in Europe, the 2025 Investment Intentions Survey by INREV, ANREV and PREA reveals.

Tristan Capital Partners has secured a £65m refinancing deal for its Campus office building in Reading, held by its European Property Special Opportunities 5 Fund, with real estate lender Leumi UK providing £38m.

Global financial services company Wells Fargo has signed a long-term lease to occupy 26,000 sq ft of grade-A office space at new landmark Dublin city centre development Coopers Cross.

Indurent, the firm formed in July by the merger of Industrials REIT and St Modwen Logistics, has secured planning approval to deliver circa 385,000 sq ft of industrial and logistics space across two units in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

Property stocks continued to remain popular borrows among short sellers in 2024, with S&P Global data showing that 1.28% of the market cap of global REITs is currently on loan to short sellers looking to profit from a fall in share values.

Appetite for debt finance in the UK is rising, with 32% of businesses surveyed by specialist property lender ASK Partners and OakNorth stating their desire to borrow has grown.