Build To Rent Annual Conference (BTRAC) 2026

Why Attend This BTR Conference in London

What You’ll Learn at the 2026 Build to Rent Annual Event

• What we’ve learnt so far this year on pricing, underwriting assumptions and investor sentiment, and what’s still keeping some capital cautious
• How lenders are viewing BTR today, how structures are evolving, and what that means for returns and deal viability through the rest of 2026
• What income resilience looks like in practice: The asset-management levers protecting NOI - rent strategy, renewals vs churn costs, arrears prevention, capex timing and portfolio benchmarking
• What’s changing day-to-day for operators, how to run rent reviews and disputes without eroding trust, and the metrics boards are prioritising
• What’s replacing the amenities arms race, how to design for community and liveability, and how teams are measuring whether design choices are working
• Where upgrades are creating measurable value, how portfolios are preparing for energy and heating requirements, and what reporting is genuinely useful to capital
• The main causes of delay, common Gateway pitfalls, procurement approaches working in-market, and how to collaborate effectively with councils and contractors

Key Discussions Include:

• Capital Returns and Pricing Signals: Where sentiment is really landing across London and the regions, how underwriting has shifted, and what’s driving (or delaying) deal flow.
• Protecting Income and Unlocking Value in Mature Portfolios: The asset management levers that matter most now, such as rent strategy, churn, opex/capex discipline, benchmarking credibility, and smart repositioning.
• Designing Places People Actually Stay In: Moving beyond more amenities to liveability, focusing on community, inclusivity, hybrid-working responses, and how to prove design ROI.
• Operational Excellence and Resident Trust at Scale: What changes on the ground in terms of regulation, rent reviews and disputes, feedback loops, retention tactics and tech wins (and watch-outs).
• Greener and More Sustainable BTR: Practical routes to lower bills and risk, such as retrofit finance, heat readiness, where green upgrades create value, and reporting frameworks investors will use.
• Delivering BTR Outside the Core: Planning, Safety and Programme Risk. How to keep schemes moving amid policy change like BSR/Gateway pitfalls, procurement and risk allocation, and working effectively with councils.

Want to get a feel for content? Check out our past BTRAC events: 

2025 Conference

2024 Conference

2023 Conference 

How You’ll Do More Business: Meet the investors, lenders, developers, asset managers, operators and designers actively shaping UK Build to Rent in 2026. Leave with sharper underwriting assumptions, clearer funding and refinancing strategies, and a real-world operational playbook to improve NOI and resident retention. Identify the regions and submarkets gaining momentum, understand how ESG and regulation are influencing capital allocation, and build the relationships that turn insight into transactions, partnerships and pipeline.

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