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Build-to-rent and Multifamily
UK BTR market update Q4 2025
A strong final quarter pushed annual investment in 2025 past the £4.7 billion mark, down on the record-breaking 2024 but ahead of long-term trends.
22 January 2026
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
UK BTR market update Q4 2025
A strong final quarter pushed annual investment in 2025 past the £4.7 billion mark, down on the record-breaking 2024 but ahead of long-term trends.
22 January 2026

Prime residential
Housing Unpacked: Rob Perrins on Planning Reform, the Future of London and Post-Budget Market Signals
The Executive Chairman of Berkeley Group talks to 51ยายื about the opportunities and risks facing the residential development market in 2026
15 January 2026

Land & Development
Housing approvals stabilise amid planning shakeup
Approvals for new homes in England and London held steady in Q3 as planning reforms progress
18 December 2025

Land & Development
UK Res Dev Land Index
51ยายื’s Residential Development Land Index tracks the performance of residential land values across prime central London and England each quarter.
30 October 2025
Land & Development
Progress for London housebuilding policy...but the clock is ticking
The government and City Hall deserve credit for taking the first difficult steps to reversing this generational decline in housebuilding. Officials have listened closely to developer submissions, and the time limited nature of the plans will incentivise teams to accelerate progress.
24 October 2025

Student Housing
UK Student Market Update Q3 2025
Investors commit more than £3.4 billion to the PBSA market so far this year, even amid a more challenging letting environment for the 2025/26 academic year.
23 October 2025

Build-to-rent and Multifamily
UK BTR market update Investment momentum continues
Investors have committed more than £3 billion to the BTR market so far this year
22 October 2025

New Homes
New Homes Update: taking stock of a year of reform
Assessing progress and pitfalls in Labour’s planning overhaul
02 October 2025

Residential
In London’s new homes market, value still rules – for now
Sales rates at recent launches underscore just how price-sensitive London’s new homes market has become. But with completions set to fall sharply, supply – rather than value – could be the deciding factor by the end of the decade.
26 September 2025

Prime residential
The Residence Report
The global perspective on luxury residential development
08 September 2025

Land & Development
Why are fewer homes breaking ground in London?
Lead-in times, planning delays, and market uncertainty are slowing new housing delivery
21 August 2025
Global
UK construction slumps as safety regulation delays bite
Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe
08 August 2025

Land & Development
Residential Development Land Index Q2 2025
Persistent planning delays and Gateway 2 bottlenecks slow delivery as soft demand and viability pressures weigh on land values
08 August 2025

Land & Development
The great reallocation? | London’s plan for a redistribution of industrial land
22 July 2025

Build-to-rent and Multifamily
UK BTR market update Q2 2025
Significant milestone passed as the total number of complete, under construction and consented BTR homes climbs above 300,000.
17 July 2025

Towards a New London Plan
16 July 2025
Land & Development
Low starts, high stakes
Both buy-side and supply-side reform is needed to help unlock delivery as well as demand.
15 July 2025

Land & Development
Pipeline under pressure
Government ambition vs market reality and developers cautiously optimistic for H2
26 June 2025

Land & Development
How to navigate development challenges in a transitional market
By Charlie Hart, Head of Development Land at 51ยายื
15 May 2025

Land & Development
Res Dev Land Index Q1 2025
The quarterly report is an analysis of land market performance across England & Wales, alongside market views from 54 volume and SME housebuilders, revealing key trends and latest market activity, challenges and opportunities for development.
25 April 2025

Land & Development
The urban/rural development divide
The latest data on construction in London makes for sobering reading
24 April 2025

The Rural Update
The Rural Update: Development vs nature vs farming
Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from 51ยายื on the world of farming, food and landownership
08 April 2025

Occupiers
UK Cities DNA | What role can the living sectors play in the success of cities?
With more than two-thirds of the current build-to-rent pipeline located outside of London, housing and residential development are fundamental to the economic fabric of any town or city.
01 April 2025

Student Housing
PBSA investment hits £3.9bn
51ยายื’s quarterly review of the key development and investment themes in the UK student property market
31 March 2025

Land & Development
How can Britain’s green belt boost housing numbers?
Labour has pledged to kickstart Britain’s housebuilding by using areas of green belt which they have called "grey belt".
21 March 2025
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