Schroders and Octopus Real Estate raise extra funds

Schroders and Octopus Real Estate have raised an additional £40m for their retirement living fund, taking equity commitments to £140m. The fund partners with developer...

Keeping your own front door

Kevin Beirne, head of retirement at Octopus Real Estate, discusses the merits of retirement communities and why they could help drive economic recovery, help...

Eden Futures pushes ahead with planned developments

Eden Futures has restarted its expansion strategy, with planned developments in the pipeline for the Midlands and North. Building on its growth in 2019, when...

Triple Point completes £9.6m deal for 16 homes

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed a deal to buy 16 properties – comprising 70 units – for £9.6m. The properties, in the West...

McCarthy & Stone hit hard by general election and pandemic

Challenging trading conditions due to the general election and Covid-19  resulted in a 64% drop in revenue at developer and manager of retirement communities...

Inefficiencies in planning for older people’s housing, says report

Nine out of ten successful planning applications for older people’s housing-with-care schemes over the past five years have not been built. Research published by Associated...

Calls for action on developments of housing with care

The housing with care sector is calling for urgent action to stop the country from falling further behind in the delivery of new social...

Inspired Villages receives planning permission for £100m development

Legal & General’s later living business - Inspired Villages - has been granted planning permission for a £100m scheme in the district of Wealden,...

Triple Point completes £7.6m deal

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed the acquisition of seven properties, comprising 40 units, for £7.6m. The properties, which are in the North West...

Inspired Villages receives permission to develop further communities

Legal & General’s later living business Inspired Villages has secured planning permission to develop two retirement projects. It will build a village on a six-acre...