UK Living Investment Figures Q3 2026

CBRE’s Q3 2026 UK Living Investment Figures track investment activity across Single Family Housing (SFH), Multifamily Housing (MFH), and Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA). They also cover Build-to-Rent (BTR) and PBSA yields, alongside BTR rent collection and occupancy.

Key Findings

• UK Living recorded £1.9bn of investment in Q3 2026, taking the year-to-date total to £8.8bn, which is less than 1% below the same period of 2025
• SFH accounted for the largest share of Q3 2026 investment, totalling £679m
• Yields have moved out across BTR and PBSA, and BTR occupancy is below the same point in 2025

What’s in the Full Report

• Quarterly Living investment volumes since Q1 2015, shown against the average quarterly volume and Living’s proportion of total real estate investment
• Sector split of Living investment across MFH, SFH, and PBSA, for 2025 and Q1-Q3 2026
• BTR investment volumes for Multifamily and Single Family
• BTR net yields by location, including London Zone 2, London Zones 3-6, South East, and Prime Regional, plus UK rent collection and London and regional occupancy
• PBSA investment volumes and direct-let net initial yields for Central London, Prime Regional, and Secondary Regional markets

Download the UK Living Investment Figures Q3 2026 report for the full sector split, BTR and PBSA volumes, and yield, rent collection, and occupancy data.