Investment in build-to-rent is on course to break last year’s record, after £2.4bn in finance backed 11,596 homes over the first half of 2021.
According to EG Radius, investors provided £739m to the sector in Q2, with 15 deals providing finance for 4,690 homes. This is a threefold increase on investment during the same period in 2020, although a drop on the Q1 total of £1.7bn.
This second quarter BTR bulletin unveils the investors behind the biggest deals and developers building the tallest towers in a variety of new tenures.