
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Serviced apartment operator Flying Butler has launched MURA LIVING, its BTR brand, and plans to launch 5,000 units under the brand across the UK over the next five years.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Property investor and developer Strawberry Star has announced the launch of a dedicated BTR arm, Star Living.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BTR operator Way of Life has today launched the first guest suites at The Gessner, a “hospitality-inspired residential offer” in Tottenham Hale, north London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan: Ascott Residence Trust (ART) will invest around JPY 10.4 billion (£70 million) to acquire four rental housing properties and its first student accommodation property in Japan.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A division of Blackstone is set to acquire multifamily housing owner/operator Preferred Apartment Communities Inc for $5.8 billion.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) has announced plans to invest £2.5 billion of retirement funds into BTR schemes over the next five years.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: NatWest and Leumi UK will provide debt packages to support EQT Exeter and Sigma Capital’s residential joint venture to bring affordable new rental homes to Greater London

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Realstar and Lendlease have agreed forward funding for BTR units at Deptford Landings in south-east London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: L&G’s suburban BTR division has acquired a development in Great Haddon, Peterborough from developer Countryside.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: BTR developer and operator Cortland has appointed Jason Kern as president of investment management, a new role created to support the firm’s growth in the US and overseas.