by Shreya Sharma | May 14, 2026 | Build-to-Rent, Letting Agents
Ask most lettings software vendors what their client accounting does, and you’ll get the same answer: it tracks rent, reconciles deposits, and produces statements. Technically true. But for a letting agency managing hundreds of properties across multiple...
by Shreya Sharma | Apr 15, 2026 | Build-to-Rent, Letting Agents
The hidden operational and financial cost of running a multi-branch agency on disconnected systems. Most enterprise letting agencies don’t have one software problem. They have five or six running simultaneously across different systems that were each implemented to...
by Shreya Sharma | Apr 8, 2026 | Build-to-Rent
Why configurability – a defining characteristic of the next generation of BTR technology. A 90-unit purpose-built development in Manchester has fundamentally different operational requirements from a 400-unit mixed-tenure scheme in Birmingham, a 150-unit converted...
by Richard Cox | Apr 3, 2026 | Build-to-Rent
Where technology investment has the most measurable impact on retention and what most BTR operators are getting wrong. Resident experience has become one of the most discussed topics in BTR. It appears in every investor deck, features prominently in planning...
by Shreya Sharma | Mar 18, 2026 | Build-to-Rent
Most conversations about BTR technology start with the PMS, the resident app, the payment gateway and then integration as the plumbing that connects them. The technology is treated as the hero. The operating model is an afterthought. The most operationally advanced...
by Shreya Sharma | Mar 18, 2026 | Build-to-Rent
Growth in Build to Rent (BTR) is exciting. With institutional capital flowing in and portfolios expanding at pace, many operators now find themselves moving from hundreds of units to several thousand. And at that point, something changes. At 500 units, you’re running...
