Insights and News
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News

Residential DevelopmentNewsNewsDevelopment lending
10 May 2023Octopus Real Estate provides MCR Property Group with £22.4m development for over 60…
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a £22.4m loan on…

Residential DevelopmentNewsNewsDevelopment lending
7 Dec 2022Octopus Real Estate completes £26m loan for sustainable homes at The Climate Innovat…
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a £26m loan facility to…

Residential DevelopmentNewsDevelopment lending
29 Nov 2022Octopus Real Estate completes £8.6m loan as part of its popular Greener Homes Allian…
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided an £8.6m loan facility…

RetirementNewsNewsRetirement
10 Nov 2022PIC and Octopus Real Estate to build £115m retirement community in St Albans
Senior Living Investment Partners, a partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of defined benefit…

Residential DevelopmentNewsNewsDevelopment lending
8 Nov 2022Octopus Real Estate appoints Nick White as Head of Development Origination
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has further strengthened its origination…

Affordable HousingNewsNewsAffordable Housing
1 Oct 2022Octopus Real Estate appoints Jack Burnham as Head of Affordable Housing
Octopus Real Estate has further strengthened its Affordable Housing team with the appointment of Jack Burnham as Head of Affordable Housing.
Insights

RetirementInsightsRetirement
26 Apr 2023Empowering people in later life – the role of retirement communities
Read our blog on how Octopus is empowering older people by investing in retirement communities, featuring Kevin Beirne, Head of Retirement Communities.

Commercial LendingNewsInsightsNewsResidential lending
13 Jul 2022Read our insights from our broker session with Dr Rob Archer
Read our insights from our broker session with Dr Rob Arche

RetirementNewsInsightsNewsRetirementOther InvestmentsAffordable Housing
12 Apr 2022Affordable Housing that is fit for the future
Pressure is building for the UK to deliver significantly more affordable housing in the face of rising living costs and fuel poverty. Carb

NewsInsightsNewsPeople
7 Apr 2022Why World Health Day matters more than ever – and what Octopus is doing to support…
The theme of this year’s World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Day on 7 April is ‘Our planet, our health’, which focuses on raising awareness of the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy.
Reports

RetirementReportsRetirement
27 Apr 2021Unlocking the retirement opportunity in a post-pandemic world
Octopus “retirement report” shows demand for retirement communities from over 55s, we explore why the business case for retirement real estate is strong and growing.

ReportsDevelopment lending
3 Sep 2019The student accommodation impact report
Student priorities can become developer opportunities. We surveyed 1,105 students aged 18 to 25 years old from the UK and internationally….
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