We’re proud to see our partnership with Northern housing association Vico Homes go from strength to strength, with 825 affordable and social rented homes now transferred. This includes the recent handover of 435 high quality, energy efficient homes across Wakefield and the wider Yorkshire region, following the transfer of 390 tenanted homes in June 2025. A third transfer is already planned as both organisations work together to respond to growing demand for safe, secure and long-term affordable housing. Through partnerships with RPs who share our values and service levels, we can continue to build our ambitious pipeline and deliver more affordable homes for the people who need them most.
Sage Homes has completed what is believed to be the sector’s largest capital markets deal through a £546.5m commercial mortgage-backed securitisation transaction (CMBS). It is the fourth CMBS deal by the for-profit provider since the CMBS notes were issued on the Irish Stock Exchange in 2020. John Goodey, chief financial officer at Sage, said the CMBS was “well supported” from a pool of around 10 to 20 blue chip investors, with a “good level of demand”.
We're delighted to become a member of the Institute of Customer Service, reflecting our commitment to strengthening our customer-focused culture and making sure our services are shaped by our customers' needs. Being a member of the Institute will help us drive sustainable improvement, delivering better outcomes for the people we serve.
Our Northampton and London teams smashed a friendly competition, cycling two round trips' distance between the offices, on static bikes. Raising over £1,000 for Mind and suicide prevention awareness, we were impressed and proud of all the sweat and effort put in!
We were delighted to receive Highly Commended for Best Marketing Campaign at the First Time Buyers Awards this year. Our campaign, focusing on initial purchases of shared ownership, was developed with Focus Group, our creative, digital and media agency partner. Check out the campaign video here: https://lnkd.in/gCKk58QE
Sage's CFO John Goodey talks to Inside Housing as we publish our Annual Reports. 2024 successes include being England's largest provider of affordable new homes for the fourth year running. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e5P7xNxq
Marking an important milestone in the continued evolution of Sage Homes and its capital structure, we are pleased to announce that our investors Blackstone and Regis have sold a portfolio of over 3,000 shared ownership homes to Sparrow Shared Ownership, the newly named RP now owned by Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Since its inception over six years ago, Sage has been on a journey to attract greater levels of stable institutional investment into the sector to meaningfully increase the supply of affordable homes across the country to those who need them the most.
