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13 January 2025
Residential Secure Income
plc
Sale of Wesley House,
Luton
Residential Secure Income plc
("ReSI") (LSE: RESI) is
pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of Wesley House,
its second local authority housing property in Luton, which is used
by Luton Borough Council to house residents in need.
The sale completed for a net
consideration of c.£15 million, marginally in excess of the £14.8
million valuation reported in the interim results as at 31 March
2024. The sale proceeds will enable ReSI to repay its £15 million
floating rate debt with Santander in full.
The sale of this property means that
as ReSI implements its managed wind-down strategy, it is
concentrated exclusively in the independent
retirement rentals and shared ownership residential
sub-sectors.
- Ends -
For further information, please
contact:
Gresham House Real Estate
Ben Fry
Sandeep Patel
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+44 (0) 20 7382 0900
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Peel Hunt LLP
(Broker & Financial
Adviser)
Luke Simpson
Huw Jeremy
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+44 (0) 20 7418 8900
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KL
Communications
Charles Gorman
Charlotte Francis
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gh@kl-communications.com
+44 (0) 20 3882 6644
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About ReSI plc
ReSI plc (LSE: RESI) is a real
estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering secure,
inflation-linked returns with a focus on two residential
sub-sectors in UK residential - independent retirement rentals and
shared ownership - underpinned by an ageing demographic and
untapped and strong demand for affordable home
ownership.
ReSI plc's purpose is to deliver
affordable, high-quality, safe homes with great customer service
and long-term stability of tenure for residents. We achieve this
through meeting demand from housing developers, housing
associations, local authorities, and private developers for
long-term investment partners to accelerate the development of
socially and economically beneficial affordable housing.
ReSI plc's subsidiary, ReSI Housing
Limited, is registered as a for-profit Registered Provider of
social housing, and so provides a unique proposition to its housing
developer partners, being a long-term private sector landlord
within the social housing regulatory environment. As a Registered
Provider, ReSI Housing can acquire affordable housing subject to
s106 planning restrictions and housing funded by government
grant.
In December 2024, shareholders voted
for and accepted a new investment objective which seeks to realise
all the existing assets in the Company's portfolio in an orderly
manner. The Company will pursue its investment objective by
effecting an orderly realisation of its assets while seeking to
balance maximising returns for Shareholders against timing of
disposals whilst ensuring the interests of residents are protected.
Capital expenditure will be permitted where it is deemed necessary
or desirable in connection to the realisation, primarily where such
expenditure is necessary to protect or enhance an asset's
realisable value, to comply with statutory or regulatory
obligations, to protect other stakeholders, to comply with the
terms of any funding arrangement or to facilitate orderly
disposal.
About Gresham House and Gresham
House Real Estate
Gresham House is an alternative
asset manager committed to operating responsibly and sustainably,
taking the long view in delivering sustainable investment
solutions.
Gresham House Real Estate offers
long-term equity investments into UK housing, through listed and
unlisted housing investment vehicles, each focused on addressing
different areas of the affordable housing problem. Each fund aims
to deliver stable and secure inflation-linked returns whilst
providing social and environmental benefits to its residents, the
local community, and the wider economy.
Further information on ReSI plc is
available at www.resi-reit.com,
and further information on Gresham House is available at
www.greshamhouse.com