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Bisnow Manchester Build To Rent Boom

The UKAA are sponsors of this years’ Bisnow Manchester Build to Rent Boom event taking place on Thursday 6th September 2018 from 7.30am. UKAA member, Liv Group will have their CEO Graham Bates as one of the speaks with many more to be announced. According to Deloitte’s 2018 Manchester…

 

Can build to rent help our ageing population?

The Findings There have been many reports lately addressing the concern of ageism within society. This has flared up after a report published on 8th June 2018 by The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), in partnership with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation revealed damning negative ageist attitudes across the UK.

 

Savills Housing Sector Survey 2018

Savills released the findings from their housing sector survey this week which shows the affordable housing sector must do more to help solve the housing crisis. Those working in the affordable housing sector overwhelmingly believe it should be doing more to help solve the housing crisis by prioritising building more…

 

Can build to rent help solve the UK’s loneliness problem?

Loneliness in the UK Our current way of life is leading to increasing issues of loneliness affecting not only older generations but younger too. We believe residential developments designed and built around a rental model can do much to overcome that loneliness. Tracey Crouch has been appointed as the UK’s…

 

The Technological Revolution and the Future of Residential Property

As we see changes in demographics, urbanisation and economic structures, we then see new business models, innovation, creativity and technological advances. Technical revolutions have been adapted to businesses creating a demand for data analytics as the change in pace accelerates. Houzen released a paper with RICS on deep tech last year. Houzen, a…

 

How can we Improve Customer Service? By Audra Lamoon, Livewire

The experience economy is here to stay…but you have to make the customer/resident experience count financially, as well as physically. At Livewire, we aim to bridge the gap between experience and ROI by crafting tailored learning and performance processes that sustain the brand, your reputation and safeguard the new build…

 

Build it and they will come…or will they? By Jonathan Stein, CEO Vaboo

Data:- we all know the importance of data in order to make our businesses more efficient and to produce a solid customer proposition. When developing a building it’s useful to know exactly how many light bulbs we will need or how much communal and amenity space might be necessary, but…

 

The Changing Face of Renters by PRSim

Renting is not just a young person’s game. According to the latest PRSim-LSL Tenant Survey 2018, older or rather ‘reconciled renters’ as the survey terms them, are not only happier to rent but are also more committed to longer-term rentals over and above any other life stage group. PRSim,…

 

UKAA Members RESI Award Winners

We would like to congratulate all our members who came out winners at the RESI awards last week. It is always great to have our members recognised for the hard work and contribution you make to the industry. …