Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has released new analysis, with its findings showing that UK Single Family Housing (SFH) has seen a strong upward trend in investment.
Of the £11bn invested into the UK build-to-rent sector since 2023, over £5bn was for SFH schemes, with £2.43 bn having been deployed in 2025 so far (including the recent £1.1bn deal, Northern LGPS & LPPI’s acquisition of PRS Holdco).
The research reveals a shift in capital sources. In the sector’s infancy (2021-22), it primarily saw investment from North American capital, where SFH is already a well-established asset class.
As confidence has grown from investors, so has the diversity of capital, with the entrance of new cross-border investors and major equity commitments from international pension funds. For example, earlier this year, the National Pension Service of Korea committed £300 million to launch Long Harbour's UK-focused single-family rental fund.
As well as overseas capital targeting the sector, CBRE’s findings show that capital from the UK also accounted for 60% of SFH deals in 2025, up from 50% in 2024 and 40% in 2023. Demand for SFH assets has seen the sale of stabilised income producing portfolios schemes alongside funding for new SFH developments. Key deals this year have included: the sale of Gatehouse Living Group and JV partner TPG Real Estate’s 610 home Start Living portfolio to Lloyds Living, as well as Blackstone’s portfolio sale to Placefirst in the South East.
Andrew Saunderson, Head of Living Capital Markets, said: “While still seen as an emerging market, Single Family Housing is attracting significant levels of interest and now constitutes c.50% of all capital deployed into the Build to Rent market.
“We are now seeing increased confidence from domestic investors, as the sector has begun to prove itself. This is evident in our latest figures and the significant deals that have completed this year, and a trend we expect to continue.
