46: Build to rent: Rise of the institutional landlord

This week we’ve returned to that famous British obsession: housing. Now that 20% of the UK population are choosing to rent their home, the expectations of lifestyle renters for their home developments have risen accordingly – such as allowing pets or permanent decoration. The build to rent sector involves the large scale development of new housing stock with the needs of ‘lifestyle renters’ in mind. Although the sector is a comparatively young and smaller part of the UK housing puzzle, build to rent can arguably help meet the needs of renters, local authorities and long-term investors alike. Eleanor Jukes returns to discuss all things renting from how these developments can deliver resilient, inflation-linked incomes, to community engagement, to how residents prefer apartment bedrooms to sit alongside rather than opposite one another because the latter has a distinct ‘prison’ feel... Find out more about our Real Assets team here: https://www.legalandgeneral.com/institutional/real-assets/?cid=lgimtalks •    Eleanor Jukes, Senior Strategist, Real Assets •    Mark Chappel, Senior Investment Writer We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] with your thoughts on the podcast and any suggestions of the types of content you’d like to see covered. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.