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BTR investment to soar by 65% next year – CBRE
A growing economy and a strengthening of the labour market will provide a positive backdrop for UK real estate in 2022, says the global agency in its latest set of cross-sector forecasts
Residential investment set to surge by 65% this year, becoming a core asset class
Residential real estate has shifted from an alternative to a core asset class in the eyes of investors, says Knight Frank, as record amounts are pumped into the sector.
Institutional PRS investment was 20% higher in H1 2019 than in H1 2018
Nearly £1.4bn was pumped into the UK's Private Rented Sector by institutional investors in the first six months of this years, says CBRE, despite a relatively low-key Q2
73% of buy-to-let investors still think the sector is the best long-term investment
83% of investors say it is either unlikely or very unlikely that they will sell their buy-to-let property within the next year, with the majority (58%) staying put for five years
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