New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...
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![Agents tell Rayner: we want agency regulation, mandatory qualifications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New key figure named for driving Build To Rent in the UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent cheerleaders complain about slow planning consents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister backs Build To Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Struggling Build To Rent again complains of cost and delivery problems](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent starts crash after strong earlier period](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - industry chiefs demand rental sector action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Growth of Build To Rent is symbol of changing Britain - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency makes lavish claim for future growth of Build To Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth. Research from the British Property Federation and...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches Build To Rent taskforce with new brand name](/upload/images/Logos/Leaders-logo400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent backers jump on government Levelling Up bandwagon](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarket400x310.jpg)
The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Biggest ever Build To Rent study claims sector is not over-priced](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor-400x310-min.jpeg)
Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of Build To Rent planning consents, with big suburban surge](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR market snapshot shows continued growth but London lagging](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants shouldn’t always pay their own removal costs - commission](/img/default/lat.png)
A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another 350 Build To Rent homes announced as part of regeneration](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Another big surge in Build To Rent but London starting to lag](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tax perks demanded for landlords who use deposit alternatives](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Huge 20% jump in number of Build To Rent units in just one year](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Huge surge in Build To Rent: problem or opportunity for letting agents?](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big surge in Build To Rent homes complete or in the pipeline](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents should embrace Build To Rent, urges PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector. Until now, many...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent total ‘built and planned’ surges to 180,000](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top industry body joins calls for councils to prioritise Build To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent sector now consists of almost 100,000 units](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest figures suggest that there are almost 100,000 Build To Rent units either completed, under construction or awaiting planning permission across the...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents - how are you coping with digital modernisation?](/img/default/lat.png)
Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![New figures show the onward march of Build To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country. The BPF says...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Almost 81,000 Build To Rent units in England completed or planned](/img/default/lat.png)
New government figures reveal that there are 80,855 Built To Rent homes either completed or planned. It says investment in this element...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent developers say they want three-year tenancies as the norm](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation says it is doing all it can to urge the fledgling Build To Rent sector to fall...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent 'could deliver 240,000 new homes to let by 2030'](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report suggests that institutional investment in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector could see the creation of 240,000 new...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![NALS 'fair fees' agents committed to making fee ban work](/img/default/lat.png)
The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry body urges major tax breaks to boost Build To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Now over 60,000 Build To Rent units complete or on their way](/img/default/lat.png)
There are now 60,139 Build To Rent units constructed or in the pipeline across the UK according to the British Property...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Huge surge in Build To Rent units constructed and in planning pipeline](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of Build To Rent homes planned across the UK has doubled in just six months to 45,000, according to...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surcharge will deter Build To Rent warns property federation](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![30,000 Build To Rent flats now have planning consent across UK](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures from the British Property Federation show that there are now over 30,000 Build To Rent units with planning permission...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![London dominates Build To Rent - but sector still relatively small](/img/default/lat.png)
Build to Rent development in London is over double that in the rest of the UK with over 14,276 units in...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property chief warns Cameron: 'Don't ignore private rental sector'](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Outrage over S21 and smoke alarm confusion as deadline nears](/img/default/lat.png)
The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...