Our Work

The BPF's mission is to promote a diverse and successful real estate industry. We work with local and national governments to enable our industry to thrive, to support the millions of savers and pensioners invested in UK real estate, and to maximise the contribution of our industry to productive and sustainable communities. 

In this section you can learn more about our work and browse our publications including research, briefing papers and consultation responses. 



King's Speech 2024: BPF Analysis

Forty Government Bills were announced in the King’s Speech. This briefing summarises and responds to those relevant or potentially relevant to the property industry (ten Bills in total).

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BPF publish Build-to-Rent stats for Q2 2024

In partnership with Savills, the BPF are pleased to publish the UK Build-to-Rent Q2 2024 stats. The stats present the quarterly growth patterns and trends over the last 10 years, and demonstrates the position the property sector is in.

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Energy Data, Buildings and Net Zero - Closing the Data Deficit

Access to energy data is a huge challenge for many property owners. In our Towards Net Zero research, published last year, access to energy data was cited by BPF members as one of the top challenge to a net zero carbon transition. Closing the Data Deficit investigates this in more detail. It looks at the role of data in the net zero transition, examines the challenges and barriers to sharing data, explores how technology can help and makes a series of policy recommendations.

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UK Commercial Real Estate: Economic Footprint 2023

The BPF’s annual assessment of the commercial real estate’s economic footprint looks at the jobs and labour market, output and turnover, tax revenue and capital investment across the sector which comprises office, retail, industrial, logistics, leisure, medical and hotel properties as well as  Build-to-Rent and student accommodation.

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Who Lives in Build-to-Rent? report

In partnership with the Association for Rental Living (ARL), BusinessLDN, and PriceHubble, we've launched our Who Lives in Build-to-Rent? report which shows the rising popularity of the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) sector across an increasingly broad range of renters.

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