AGENDA
Property Week's Rental Living Summit presents a unique opportunity for attendees to network with prominent industry experts and gain valuable insights into the latest developments in this rapidly evolving sector. From affordability pressures to operational innovation, regional divergence, and the evolution of tenant expectations, the agenda explores the forces shaping the UK’s rental landscape. Covering everything from Build-to-Rent (BTR) and Single-Family Rental (SFR) to co-living models and retrofit economics, it is your roadmap to understanding what’s next for the rental market.
Interested in speaking? Enquire today by emailing hejke.coetzee@emap.com.
*Agenda subject to change
Private visits to Get Living's New Maker Yards are offered on a first come first served basis and can be booked once you have purchased your ticket to the summit.
Private visits to Form Property's St. John's neighbourhood are offered on a first come first served basis and can be booked once you have purchased your ticket to the summit.
What has changed since 2020 – and what stubbornly hasn’t
- Affordability pressure
- Institutional capital flows
- Regulation as a structural driver
Talk 1: Viability and regulation – EU vs UK and what can be learnt
Mandisa Khabo, Technical Director, International Development and Operations, Greystar
Talk 2: Tenant expectations are rising faster than rents
Lesley Roberts, Director of BTR Operations, Related Argent
Talk 3: Why operational excellence now drives value
Clint Bartman, COO, Leaf Living
Key tensions:
- Rental viability
- Institutional appetite
- Planning vs rental models
- Affordability tension
- Supply gap
Facilitated by: Lem Bingley
This masterclass series is designed to give attendees a complete, practical playbook for rental performance - these sessions move beyond theory — equipping you, whether investor, operator or developer, with immediately actionable strategies across the full lifecycle of a rental asset.
For potential sponsors, this is an opportunity to step out of the vendor category and position as a core driver of asset performance; to showcase expertise, build trust, and generate meaningful commercial conversations with an active and engaged audience.
The event will break into two, 40-minute masterclasses, run by our event partners. The masterclasses will repeat again at 12.20pm, giving you the opportunity to attend both activities. Registration is advised before the event. More details will be available on how to book after you register.
WIN THE TENANT
In a slower rental market, the operators who win are not always those generating the highest volume of enquiries. They are the ones who understand which enquiries are valuable, where prospects are dropping out, and what needs to change to move renters from first interest to signed lease.
This practical masterclass from Focus Agency Group will explore the full leasing funnel: from enquiry, to viewing, to application, to let, and show where value is most commonly won or lost.
The session will help operators understand broader media options and identify whether their challenge is demand quality, renter confidence, affordability or poor messaging and visibility across media and CRM data.
Key takeaways:
- How to read demand signals across media, website, CRM and leasing data.
- How to identify where prospects are dropping out between enquiry, viewing, application and let.
- Why lead volume alone is not enough, and how to shift focus towards qualified enquiries, viewings, applications and lets.
- How digital interventions such as CRM-connected reporting, sharper campaign messaging, retargeting, affordability tools, content journeys and website improvements can support better conversion.
- Practical lessons from Focus case studies
- A Focus Demand-to-Let Playbook that operators can use immediately to reduce voids, improve conversion and prioritise the right fixes first.
PROTECT THE INCOME
- The evolution of the guarantor market
- Navigating the Renters' Rights Act
- Early lessons from regulatory change
- The future of renting and tenant affordability
- Growth across BTR, PRS and PBSA
- Changing tenant demographics and social mobility
- Deposit reform and emerging market trends
- Rent guarantees, void reduction and investment opportunities
Talk 1: Where Deals Break: A Lender’s View on Risk, Delivery and Exit
Mark Quigley, Managing Director, Beaufort Capital
Talk 2: Understanding voids in SFR - Why vacancy risk is often mispriced (and sometimes overstated)
Rob Sumner, Residential Investment Director, Sigma Capital
Talk 3: Supporting and Campaigning for Institutional Operators
Ben Beadle, Chief Executive, National Residential Landlords Association
Short provocations on:
- From core to value: How Mid-Market BTR enables portfolio diversification
- Longer-term tenancies and family renters
- AI and data-driven asset optimisation
- Subscription services in rental living
Moderated by: Lem Bingley
- Why long-term performance is now driven by asset management, not just design and delivery
- How standardisation, data and platform thinking are reshaping BTR and SFR portfolios
- The role of trust, service and customer experience in retention and pricing power
- Why alignment with regulation is becoming a competitive advantage
- What defines durable, long-term returns in a more cost-sensitive and operationally complex market
Moderated by: Iain Murray