BTR tops alternative investments
The end of Help to Buy is fast approaching. It feels symbolic, reflecting the UK population’s shifting attitudes away from an occupier-owner model to that of private renter. From 18-year-olds heading to university through to retirees looking to downsize, the UK residential landscape is undergoing seismic change.
Investors are on the same page. The first half of 2019 saw record global investment into residential real estate. And according to a recent JLL report, alternative asset classes have, for the first time, accounted for more than a quarter of total investment in UK real estate so far this year.
Earlier this month, Investec invited Madalena Contreras from Henderson Park (build-to-rent), Adam Brockley at Scape (co-living), Sadie Malim from Moorfield (PBSA) and Mark Dickinson from Lifestory (retirement living) to argue the case for their respective sectors as the best investment of £50m over the next 10 years …