UK Living Market Dynamics, Q1 2026

Summary and analysis of the United Kingdom's current Living real estate market conditions.

Authors

Karl Tomusk

Marcus Dixon

Director of UK Residential Research

Simon Scott

Lead Director - Living Capital Markets

Living investment totalled £3.7bn – up 31% year-on-year (excluding the £6bn Annington deal in Q1 2025)

Student had a very strong start to the year at £2.2bn, which was a Q1 record, driven in part by the £723m acquisition of Empiric by Unite in January

Build-to-rent recorded its largest single operational asset deal to date in an otherwise subdued quarter that saw investment fall 42% to £736m

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