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![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280(1).png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![How to Optimize Your Property Investment Returns](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/lendlord/Lendlord%20Article%202%2090x70px.png)
Maximising Returns: Use tech to make better decisions before acquiring your next property As property investors, staying ahead in today's competitive market...
15 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Demographics mean Build To Rent set to boom as renters get older](/upload/images/24%2003%2005%20%2004.jpg)
Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor Briefing - the market has turned the page says Hamptons](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2004.jpg)
Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page. She...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
UK property developer Godwin Developments has appointed leading industry figure Lesley Roberts, a highly experienced residential and Build to Rent (BTR)...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental yields up in majority of regions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the investment hotspots of 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023NY-400x310.png)
Where are the top locations for property investment in 2023? It's the question all existing or budding property investors will be...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR is a cost-effective option for today’s tenants, large-scale analysis claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/PropertyPlanning-400x310.png)
Build to Rent (BTR) has a ‘broad and evolving customer base’ similar to the wider private rented sector and is a...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Co-living brand reveals partnership with Italian startup accelerator](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
A UK-based co-living and PRS brand focused on personal and professional growth has announced its partnership with an Italian startup and...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – why homebuyers are still better off than renters](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Despite the increasing cost of borrowing currently hitting homebuyers across the property market, it evidently remains less expensive to buy when...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR - Native Group growth, BTR taskforce and Investec loan for Rugby scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Figures/Alec-400x310.png)
Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rented sector not reason for fewer Scottish homeowners](/upload/images/Property%20People/DJ%20Alexander%20Ltd_400x310.png)
The private rented sector (PRS) has been under the looking glass for the past few weeks, yet the PRS is not...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major firms continue to invest in the PRS – what’s the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New UKAA CEO: 'rental reform will narrow the gap between PRS and BTR'](/upload/images/Property%20People/BrendanGeraghty400x310.png)
The UK's Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to grow and evolve, which arguably makes the role of the market's trade...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![How BTR can offer attainable access to desirable lifestyles](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR Q&A - 'there's an opportunity to professionalise the wider PRS'](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Could the surging BTR market alleviate the UK housing crisis?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTR-400x310.jpg)
The build-to-rent market has long been characterised by providing expensive, urban flats for young adults; but 2021 was a landmark year...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Co-living roundup – London boom, new launch and Brighton’s first scheme](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Studentsimage400x310.jpg)
The still nascent co-living sector is starting to gather momentum if the last week is anything to go by, with the...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Where do you see BTR in five years? 'Bigger', says former UKAA CEO](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/Dave%20Butler_400x310.jpeg)
Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Impact of easing Covid restrictions for the Scottish rental market](/upload/images/Locations/Edinburgh-400x310px-min.png)
Some of the more onerous restrictions which were imposed on landlords in Scotland in the first dark days of the pandemic were rescinded...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Eden Living set to provide 400 single-family homes to rent](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
Developer Eden Living, backed by European special situations manager Warwick Capital Partners, has launched as a Private Rented Sector business. The business...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Time for action? Two-thirds of rental homes not green enough](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
With energy bills due to increase by 54% next month, research from specialist property lending experts Octane Capital has revealed that...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Student platform launches two new features to improve instant booking](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
Housemates, the instant book student accommodation marketplace operating across 40 cities in the UK and Ireland which we have closely followed...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must increase Levelling Up fund – claim](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The government’s Levelling Up Home Building Fund is unlikely to provide enough funding to supply loans to all of the nation’s...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Giles Atkinson, Director of Atkinson McLeod](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Atkinson%20McLeod/Giles-Atkinson-400-310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...
03 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Rental fraud begone! New technology set to revolutionise PRS](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
London-based PropTech firm Homeppl has developed two ‘revolutionary’ fraud detection tools to support agencies currently combating rising levels of rental fraud. The...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Good news for investors – London propels PRS property availability](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
Research from Octane Capital has revealed which areas of the UK rental market are driving growth in rental stock availability, as...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![West London living – Moorfield launches first co-living scheme in Ealing](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
UK-focused real estate fund manager Moorfield has agreed to forward fund an 81-bed co-living scheme near Ealing Broadway, West London, for £21...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up a damp squib for investors, says expert](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental properties are nowhere close to achieving MEES – claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Over two million properties in the sector lack basic energy efficiency measures and risk being banned from the market in the...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will 2022 be a better year for the Scottish property market?](/upload/images/library/Glasgow-400x310.jpg)
Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government called to rethink plans for energy improvements in PRS](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Proposals to ‘force’ landlords across the country to pay up to £10,000 to improve the energy efficiency of rental properties require...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Gravity Co is on the rise with fourth development launched](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/gravity%20co%20living%20featured%20image.png)
London based co-living PRS operator, Gravity Co continues to see rapid growth and interest in its co-living properties as it fills...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is Build to Rent unaffordable? Large-scale research suggests not!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
One of the biggest criticisms of the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market has been its perceived exclusive nature and its...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Outer London - why it could be a boom town for 20 minute neighbourhoods](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
One of London's leading property services groups has explored the most amenity-rich and walkable communities in Outer London in a report...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Commercial to resi – a market boom from Leeds to Staines](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
In the fourth and final part of our series on the fast-growing commercial to resi trend, we check in on schemes...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![A new breed of co-living - can a ready-made community really be achieved?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Co-living400x310.jpg)
Some believe co-living as a concept has only grown in significance as society has had a chance to reassess its priorities and...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup - record levels of investment, £500m JV and Leeds scheme](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Co-living boom - lets rise by over a third in post-lockdown period](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
Fresh data from one of London’s largest co-living operators has revealed the positive impact of lockdown restrictions lifting on tenant sentiment...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Energy efficiency – are landlords and investors getting enough support?](/upload/images/library/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
The government has talked plenty about improving the energy efficiency of private rented homes, but despite this rhetoric, only 5% of private...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – redevelopment schemes and a modular focus](/img/default/pit.png)
Dover District Council has approved Etopia Homes’ plans to deliver 50 eco-friendly homes on a site in Eastry, Kent. Situated on Gore...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Roundup – MMC homes for rent and a new 28-storey resi tower in Birmingham](/img/default/pit.png)
The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USR) has announced a £25.8 million deal acquiring sustainable new homes created using Modern Methods of...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dev update – construction works begin and brand-new PRS scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Construction works on a new £19 million residential scheme in Nottinghamshire, led by property developer Taggart Homes, are set to begin...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR – boosting Ilford's community and new SFR scheme in Dublin](/img/default/pit.png)
Telford Homes has exchanged contracts with Sainsbury’s to deliver a new housing scheme in Ilford. According to the developer, the acquisition of...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Update: new schemes in West London plus Guinness housing development](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown easing and the vaccine rollout continuing to go well, there is hope on the horizon again for a brighter...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Survey – how is marketing viewed and utilised in the property sector?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![The BTR Paradox – how does supply, demand & seasonality impact on success?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Jess Brookes - content & research executive at Home Made, a London lettings company specialising in Build to...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top of the agenda: keeping property investment on the map in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
At first glance, Brexit’s Christmas climax appears to have had little effect on the appetite for UK property investment, which is...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR update – Goldman Sachs grows, L&G expands, new scheme in Brum](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why will Birmingham continue to attract investment in 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - will suburban BTR thrive as a result of Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent sector set for growth, research firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas roundup – from Portugal and Spain to Montenegro](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, interest in overseas property remains strong, even if international travel and tourism are currently very much...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup – new hires, mental health support and ongoing strong investment](/img/default/pit.png)
The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![The rise of the upper-middle-aged renter – study](/img/default/pit.png)
Retirees and those in the upper-middle age category are the fastest growing tenant groups in the private rented sector (PRS), analysis...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 Essential Safety Requirements For New Landlords](/img/default/pit.png)
With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
![Insight – how can the BTR sector get more government attention?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords – here’s how to create the perfect property listing](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite another national lockdown seemingly on the horizon, the property market remains resilient, with the stamp duty holiday and other initiatives...
05 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Significant Scottish residential portfolio transaction finalised](/img/default/pit.png)
A residential portfolio comprising 118 residential properties across the Central Belt of Scotland has been sold by Places for People to...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid-19 will force change in the PRS — let's make sure it’s positive](/img/default/pit.png)
Lockdown measures have left the UK’s residential rental sector struggling to deal with a period of unpaid rents, occupancy voids, and...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘Exciting’ new growth for Midlands PRS developer acquired by real estate giant](/img/default/pit.png)
European residential real estate giant Cordia International has acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. Cordia, a developer with interests across Hungary, Poland, Spain, Germany and Romania, is the...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords – now is the perfect time to let your property](/img/default/pit.png)
With activity in the market continuing to rise and the number new tenancies back to pre-pandemic levels, landlords are enjoying strong...
07 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![The birth of Build to Rent – how did it become the PRS’s biggest trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand and rental supply the ‘highest on record’ for June](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new prospective renters and supply of rental stock reached an all-time high in June, ARLA Propertymark’s June PRS...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development round-up: Notts scheme closer, new PBSA site in Edinburgh](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK moved a step closer last week (July 24) as a...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![What are the nation’s behaviours and attitudes around renting?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the UK’s leading Build to Rent providers for family housing has launched its private rental sector (PRS) market research...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Update: major development in York and progress in Brighton](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor has agreed to provide Heworth Green Developments, under the North Star banner,...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment in UK Build to Rent set for a sharp rebound, report finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Multifamily (Build to Rent) housing is set to be the UK’s most resilient real estate sector, according to a report from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Smaller institutional investors locked out of investing into UK residential](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent bounces back - UNCLE opens its latest scheme in Wembley](/img/default/pit.png)
Well-known rental brand UNCLE recently opened its fifth property within its rapidly expanding chain of serviced rental apartments. Made up of two...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will Covid-19 actually increase the demand for co-living?](/img/default/pit.png)
A niche, but much-discussed, sub-sector of the rental market, co-living has never really taken off in the UK in the way...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – who is managing the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
In parts one and two, we looked at the investors and developers with a large stake in the fast-emerging Build to...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – which developers are driving the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment fund passes 2,000th rental home milestone](/img/default/pit.png)
A closed-ended real estate investment trust has announced the completion of the 2,000th home for its portfolio. The PRS REIT was established...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - what is community living?](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years, there's been a trend for alternative renting options such as Build to Rent and co-living, particularly among millennials...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: has coronavirus derailed investment in retirement living?](/img/default/pit.png)
The general consensus in the property market pre-pandemic was that retirement living was one of the next biggest things, with growing...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is the Build to Rent market adapting to lockdown and social distancing?](/img/default/pit.png)
Build to Rent (BTR) was undoubtedly one of the property sector’s fastest-growing areas before Covid-19 took hold. But, like all other markets,...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best performing PRS assets and how to find them](/img/default/pit.png)
The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![More kind gestures – PRS companies offer goodwill in time of crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
In this period of crisis, we have seen many examples of acts of kindness and companies seeking to help other companies...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New dance-inspired show home and FTB apartments launched in Battersea](/img/default/pit.png)
Developer Avanton has launched a new dance-inspired show home and first-time buyer apartments at Coda in Battersea. The £260 million (GDV) mixed-use...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor should use Budget to encourage growth in the PRS – claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak should use the forthcoming Budget to ‘produce a level playing field for taxation’ with the short-term letting...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where will the future demand for BTR outside London be at its strongest?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research by global real estate firm CBRE has identified the UK towns and cities outside London where the future demand...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![£1 billion joint venture acquires London Build to Rent asset for £100 million](/img/default/pit.png)
Two real estate firms have acquired a 294-apartment residential rental complex in east London from Kennedy Wilson for approximately £100 million...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Build to Rent – are they the rental market’s two biggest trends?](/img/default/pit.png)
With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![More portfolio landlords are turning to HMOs in 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
UK landlords are planning to acquire houses in multiple occupation (HMO) more than any other property type over the next 12...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020: The drive towards more tenant-friendly regulation](/img/default/pit.png)
The past decade has seen many companies that converge property portfolios, hospitality and travel benefit from an unprecedented pace of growth. Landlords...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords – beware of moving to holiday lettings amidst Airbnb crackdown](/img/default/pit.png)
Proposals for regulatory and financial changes to the status of Airbnb in Scotland and Bristol, aimed at curbing the growth of...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – what are the differences between UK Build to Rent and US Multifamily?](/img/default/pit.png)
With Build to Rent the private rented sector’s fastest-growing marketplace, and a major consideration for an increasing number of institutional investors...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![How are the Bristol and Portsmouth property markets performing?](/img/default/pit.png)
While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment in the 2020s – what are the main things to look out for?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Falling rent costs show ‘temporary relief’ for tenants](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of agents who saw rent increases fell by 8% in October against a tumultuous political backdrop. That is according to...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Will Build to Rent developments be entirely tech-led in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week PIT attended a roundtable discussion at WeWork Monument where the future of Build to Rent, the role of PropTech/AI...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ascend’s Build to Rent developments perform strongly for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Two of the largest Build to Rent developments in the Manchester city region are generating significant rental returns, according to Manchester-based...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Birmingham’s continuing boom – PRS scheme sells out before completion](/img/default/pit.png)
Another private rented sector scheme in Birmingham has sold all of its units prior to completion of construction works, with total...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Claim – why landlords should be cautious about Airbnb](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading property management firm has warned UK landlords to be cautious about turning to Airbnb and other short-term online lettings...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords and investors raise PRS standards with continued investment](/img/default/pit.png)
The commitment of landlords and property investors to improving properties has contributed towards a drastically improved standard of rental accommodation in...