In our latest update on the real estate sector we examine the UK’s shift to the rental model as young families are priced out of home ownership, the growth in the build-to-rent market to meet this demand, and the effects and opportunities for residential developers, investors and local authority planning.
Some would call it an obsession nearly as great as the UK’s eccentric hang-up with the weather, yet home ownership – traditionally a long-held aspiration – is being eschewed by a generation priced out of urban homes, less materialistic and more focused on experience and lifestyle. Instead, Europe’s well-established multi-family model is on the rise and a new phase of build-to-rent properties is being heralded as both an investment model for institutions and one answer to tough house build targets for local authorities.
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