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Breaking Down the Booming Trend of Build-to-Rent
The traditional way of buying up real estate rental properties is to buy an existing piece of real estate, fix it up and rent it out. But a new trend is emerging: Investors are building new properties with an eye on renting out completely fresh homes for investment income. 
In the United Kingdom, for example, build-to-rent (BTR) is up 39% over the same period just two years ago. The trend is also seeing success in the United States, where the lack of housing supply is forcing real estate investors to look for new opportunities to acquire rental property.
Why build-to-rent is emerging as the latest real estate trend
Why the new trend? National Real Estate Investor finds that the recent seller’s market — thanks to scarcity in the availability of homes compared to the demand for these homes — has forced real estate investors to look elsewhere. One solution: building your own rental property. 
That means that build-to-rent could simply be an extension of the consistently higher prices in real estate we’ve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and housing market crash. A “seller’s market” puts sellers in the driver’s seat, which in turn makes it difficult for real estate investors to find deals that ... more

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