L&G Single Family Rental (SFR)
Institutional investment in the UK’s Single-family housing rental sector
Our approach
Market opportunity
The Single-Family Rental (SFR) market in the UK is undersupplied and needs institutional investment to meet demand and deliver high-quality housing.
Our purpose is to provide a positive solution to the UK’s housing shortage by developing sustainable, suburban communities and delivering high standards of design and customer service to the SFR market.
Investment expertise
As early investors in this rapidly maturing sector, our experienced team has a proven investment and operational strategy, facilitating capital deployment at scale while maintaining a detail-orientated underwriting and asset management approach. Through this approach, we aim to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns over time.
The SFR proposition
For investors
As a leading investor across the UK living sector1, L&G’s SFR platform offers investors access to a growing market through an experienced team with proven delivery capability.
1)Opportunity to invest in a growing sector offering the potential for strong risk-adjusted returns
2)Experienced team providing an established investment and operational strategy and platform
3)Proven track record of delivering high-quality SFR housing and asset management performance2
For renters
L&G SFR is raising standards with purpose-built modern housing for the UK’s SFR market.
1)Enhanced specification of homes providing more sustainable properties
2)Dedicated lettings and management services through trusted and experienced partners
3)Unique package of resident wellbeing services and benefits
Case studies
The Meadows Kersley, Coventry
Launched in February 2026, this £40 million development is delivering 147 family homes to an undersupplied market in Coventry, with build completion scheduled for June 2027.
A balanced mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes seek to attract couples and families to enjoy a better standard of rental home, with private garden space and a high quality of finish in a pleasant suburb of the city.
All homes have benefited from our standard specification enhancements of ASHPs and solar PV.
Bucklers Park Crowthorne, Berkshire
This £39 million scheme in Crowthorne, Berkshire, within London’s commuter belt and close to Reading, launched in September 2023 and completed in November 2024.
The development consists of 107 homes, comprising a mix of low-rise apartment blocks and 2-3-bedroom houses, built by Cala Homes within a popular masterplan development.
Specification enhancements were incorporated into construction to raise sustainability standards, including ASHPs and solar PV; delivering all homes to EPC A or B rating.
Further improvements were made to the kitchen and bathroom specifications to deliver a high-end rental product. Post practical completion, two homes were also adapted to be suitable for residents with mobility needs.
Case studies shown for illustrative purposes only. The above information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
News and insights
UK Single Family Rental: balancing fundamentals and market timing
UK Real Estate: Controlling the controllable
Private markets: Our top picks for future-facing portfolios
Meet the team
David Reid
Managing Director, L&G SFR
Catherine Hipperson
Operations Director , L&G SFR
Matt Lister
Head of Transactions , L&G SFR
1 L&G internal data as at August 2025.
2 L&G internal data as at September 2025.
*The Future of Build to Rent Homes Report, Savills Research 2024
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Key risks
The value of any investment and any income taken from it is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up, and investors may get back less than the amount originally invested. The risks associated with each fund or investment strategy should be read and understood before making any investment decisions. Further information on the risks of investing is available from L&G's Fund Centres.
While L&G has integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into its investment decision-making and stewardship practices, this does not guarantee the achievement of responsible investing goals within funds that do not include specific ESG goals within their objectives.