Tuesday 1st December

8.30am – Breakfast, Networking and Registration at the One Basinghall Conference Centre, London

9.30am – Start of the main conference programme

1.00pm – Networking Lunch Session for speakers & attendees

2.00pm – Conference programme continues

4.20pm – Conference programme close

4.30pm – BTR UK Christmas Drinks Reception

Full Agenda Content

8.30am

Doors open and Networking Breakfast Session

9.30am

Morning Conference Session

Focus Session – New Prime Minister, Housing Policy and Renters Rights

What does the new Prime Minister’s approach mean for housing supply, institutional capital and the professional rental sector?

What has changed in leasing, rent reviews, possession, arrears and resident communications since the first major Renters’ Rights reforms took effect?

What evidence is emerging on landlord exits, rental supply and the role of professional operators?

Which next-stage reforms will require the greatest operational preparation?

What should the sector ask of Government on tax, planning, infrastructure and viability?

Detailed Analysis Session – The UK Housing and Rental Market Outlook for 2027

Has the rental boom ended, or merely normalised, and how does the answer differ by city, income band and household type?

How are wages, rents, mortgage costs, migration and first-time-buyer affordability changing tenant demand?

Where is affordability constraining occupancy, renewal rates and rental growth?

Which markets have the strongest demand for multifamily, single-family rental and co-living?

What does the fall in new BTR starts imply for supply, rents and investment performance from 2027 to 2030?

Detailed Analysis Session – AI in BTR From Experiments to Operating Advantage

Where can AI create measurable value now: site selection, underwriting, design, procurement, leasing, maintenance, energy or resident service?

Which use cases can improve net operating income without degrading the human experience?

Can predictive maintenance and energy optimisation move from dashboards to trusted automated decisions?

How should operators govern resident data, automated decisions, bias, cybersecurity and vendor lock-in?

What should every BTR board approve, prohibit and measure during the next 12 months?

Focus Session – Designing the Viable Low Carbon Rental Product

What can design remove, rather than add, to lower capital cost, operating cost and embodied carbon?

How should amenity, apartment and back-of-house space respond to affordability and changing household needs?

Which lessons from first-generation BTR should now be designed out?

How can design information be made Gateway-ready earlier without freezing useful innovation?

What must a 2027 scheme include to remain adaptable, safe and attractive in 2037?

11.25am

Networking Coffee Break

Detailed Analysis Session – Co-Living and the Changing Rental Customer

Who now chooses co-living, what problem are they solving and what can they afford?

Where does co-living complement rather than cannibalise PBSA and multifamily?

How do length of stay, churn, community, all-inclusive pricing and operating intensity affect performance?

Which planning definitions and space standards help or hinder delivery?

What evidence would persuade mainstream investors that the sector can scale?

Detailed Analysis Session – Investment and Transactions Where Capital Is Moving

Why has transaction liquidity strengthened while development starts have fallen so sharply?

How much activity reflects recapitalisation and trading of stabilised assets rather than new supply?

Where is pricing clearing for operational multifamily, forward funding and single-family portfolios?

Which structures can bridge the viability gap?

What will unlock genuine development volume in 2027?

Focus Session – Building Safety After the Gateway 2 Reset

Have approval times and consistency improved, and what evidence should the market use to judge progress?

What distinguishes applications that move quickly from those that cycle through requests for information?

How should sponsors allocate design responsibility, change control and contingency before submission?

Can phased approvals improve delivery without weakening safety or accountability?

What must asset owners capture now to make Gateway 3, occupation and the golden thread work in practice?

Focus Session – The Future of BTR in One Provocation

If the sector could change one thing in policy, capital structure, product or operations, which change would unlock the most homes?

Which accepted truth about BTR no longer survives current evidence?

What should the sector stop doing before it asks Government or investors to do more?

1.10pm

Lunch & Networking Session

2.05pm

Afternoon Conference Session

Discussion Panel – Investment in UK BTR

Is the stronger investment market a durable reopening or a small number of exceptional portfolio trades?

Why is capital willing to buy completed stock but reluctant to take planning, construction and lease-up risk?

Where do current yields, debt costs and rental-growth assumptions allow development to work?

Has single-family rental permanently taken a larger share of institutional allocations?

How should investors price Renters’ Rights, building safety, net-zero capex and reputational risk?

What would make investors commit materially more capital to UK rental housing in 2027?

Focus Panel – Management and Operations From Rent Growth to NOI Discipline

With rental growth normalising, which operating levers can protect net operating income without hollowing out service?

What do comparable cost lines reveal across multifamily and single-family rental?

How are periodic tenancies changing renewals, notice patterns, arrears workflows and revenue forecasting?

Which amenities earn their space and lifecycle cost, and which should be repurposed?

Where has automation genuinely reduced cost or response time?

What operational data should owners require monthly across every asset and operator?

Focus Panel – The Next Chapter for Multifamily and BTR

Can urban multifamily restart at scale while build costs, Gateway approvals and affordability remain binding?

What will replace the amenity arms race as the next source of differentiation?

How should first-generation assets be repriced, retrofitted and repositioned?

Can flexible, mixed-tenure neighbourhoods widen the customer base without creating operational complexity?

What role should BTR play in town-centre renewal and major regeneration?

What will the best UK multifamily platform look like by 2030?

Focus Panel – Single Family Rental at Scale

What must happen next for single-family rental delivery to match investment ambition?

Which locations, house types and price points have produced the most resilient demand and lowest churn?

How do dispersed-site maintenance, landscaping, defects, utilities and customer service change the operating model?

Can partnerships with volume housebuilders remain attractive when the for-sale market recovers?

What does family affordability mean in practice, and how should rent-setting respond?

What evidence would make single-family rental a permanent core allocation?

4.15pm

Close of Conference and start of the Build to Rent UK Christmas Drinks Reception.