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Who drives the build-to-rent premium?

It's about service as much as the building
Jennet Siebrits. (Ringley)
Jennet Siebrits. (Ringley)
By Jennet Siebrits
Ringley
June 9, 2026 | 6:44 AM

With Manchester and housing supply featuring heavily on the country’s current news agenda, the two topics converge when considering the city’s rental market as a lens into one of the most persistent questions in UK housing today: why do build to rent developments consistently command higher rents than the wider private rented sector?

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