Category: Build To Rent

Welsh Government Rejects Rent Freeze

The approach taken by the devolved UK Governments towards rental inflation has highlighted radically different political ideologies. Whereas the Scottish Government has legislated in favour of a rent freeze (September 2022 – Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Scotland Bill), the Welsh Government has rejected a rent freeze (October 2022) with First Minister Mark Drakeford warning …

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BTR Can Rejuvenate Communities and Urban Centres

Edinburgh and Glasgow both have a significant number of brownfield sites (previously developed land, often for industrial use). Many of these sites tend to be well located, obsolete and underutilised ‘gaps’ across our cities that require significant amounts of investment to support renewed urban regeneration. These, now vacant sites, have remained undeveloped for long periods …

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The Collective Living Concept

To those involved in the explosive growth of the Residential Investment Sector in the UK, with the (long) overdue entry to the market of institutional investment, it has become increasingly clear there are opportunities for new and innovative forms of residential rental accommodation. These concepts can maximise affordability for tenants, while retaining quality of operation …

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BTR Set to Support Government and Local Council Net Zero Housing Targets

The demand for net zero housing has never been stronger. The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets to become a net zero country by 2045 and, as set out in Building a Net Zero Future, it requires that all new build properties have zero emission heating systems by 2024. At the same time, dramatically rising …

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Social Impact Capital Look to Fund New BTR Projects

As the Build to Rent sector continues to grow, so does the range of new funds entering the market seeking opportunities. Now that the market has been established, lower risk funds are looking to purchase and fund new housing projects. One segment is entrants who have a mandate to provide social returns through delivery of …

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Return to Base

The housing market has seen an unprecedented change over the past couple of years, but certain indicators now seem to be pointing towards a return to more traditional levels of activity. Rental return A look at average rents makes this point clearly, with rental growth returning to the market after a period of weakening during …

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