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Build to Rent has been sold as sleek and simple. One landlord, one block, hundreds of tenants. No enfranchisement, no service charge rows, no residents’ committees. For investors, it promised hotel-style housing with stable income and professional management.

The long-term success of Build to Rent developments really comes down to three things: service quality, sense of community and a strong Net Operating Income. Having delivered tailored property management services to a range of clients in the BTR sector, Rendall & Rittner understands how to uphold the reputation of BTR operators, control running costs and maximise resident’s living experience.

The Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector – including purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and co-living – is the fastest-growing residential market in the UK. Institutional investment continues to pour into high-quality schemes across major cities. Residents expect not only lifestyle amenities but safe, well-managed homes.

A major new online training programme has been launched to support the next generation of property managers adapting to remote and hybrid work. New Block Manager: Career Jumpstart is the creation of Joe Mallon MRICS FTPI, Managing Director of JFM Block & Estate Management and founder of The Block Coach, a new platform dedicated to improving professional development across the block and estate management sector.

A national trade body is offering householders tips to help mitigate the risk of water damage to their properties, in the run-up to National Flood Week. The Environment Agency’s Flood Action Week takes place on 13 – 19 October.

With Halloween on the horizon, nationwide cash buying company and quick sale specialists, Springbok Properties, has revealed the housing horror stories that could give sellers the biggest fright, with subsidence topping the list, knocking more than £53,000 off the value of the average UK home. 

The Right to Manage (RTM) has become an increasingly accessible route for leaseholders wanting greater control in the management of their buildings. In March this year we saw the widening of buildings that qualify and the introduction of a general requirement for parties to bear their own costs.

When the government widened permitted development rights last year, it signalled more than just another technical tweak to the planning system. The February 2024 amendments to Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) have the potential to transform the way our towns and cities evolve, and potentially changes the fortunes of many older buildings.

In March the Government published a Commonhold White Paper: the first stage in its fulfilment of a manifesto promise to abolish leasehold. The Ministerial foreword to the white paper states, that ‘The government is determined to ensure that commonhold becomes the default tenure… commonhold is not merely an alternative to leasehold ownership, but a radical improvement on it’.

Leasehold has rarely been out of the news in recent years, and for good reason. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, rushed through Parliament in the pre-election wash-up, marked a significant - though incomplete - shift in the power balance between freeholders and leaseholders.

The latest rental stock analysis from Adiuvo, the UK’s leading provider of 24/7 property management solutions, reveals that tenants in England are benefitting from a 19.7% increase in stock over the 12 months leading up to Q3 2025. In some areas of the country, annual stock growth easily exceeded 50%. 

The government has launched a consultation on changes to the home-buying process.  This includes enacting part of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (LAFRA) on the provision of information for leaseholders and homeowners on private or mixed tenure estates, to protect sellers from unreasonable fees when requesting this information.