Build to Rent – Where Next?
Amongst a series of industry talks and discussions at this year’s British Property Federation’s annual conference, the ongoing expansion of the UK institutional private rented sector was frequently discussed across the day’s agenda. Following a headline presentation by Jaqui Daly director of investment research and strategy at Savills, one of the panel discussions saw Marie Hunt, executive director and head of research at CBRE; David Montague, chief executive at L&Q; Andrew Bruce at the Scottish Futures Trust and Martijn Vos, senior real estate portfolio manager at APG AM explore the contemporary build to rent (BTR) investment case, the sector’s expansion and some of the pertinent concerns. The Exponential Growth of Build-to-Rent Multiplying fivefold since 2013, contrary to what some believed was a market “fad”, the growth of purpose-built rental schemes is showing little sign of slowdown. According to Jacqui Daly, there are... [Read More]