TPP347: Build To Rent: The biggest competitor you didn't know you had
The Property Podcast
Rob Bence & Rob Dix
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So you've got a new competitor in town. |
| 0:04.8 | No, it's not those pesky landlords, Bob and Mary. |
| 0:07.6 | It's someone much bigger and they've got much deeper pockets. |
| 0:10.8 | Should you be afraid? |
| 0:12.4 | Or actually weirdly optimistic. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Property Podcast where every Thursday morning property investors come to be informed and inspired. |
| 0:26.0 | This week we're continuing last week's conversation about built to rent and giving you an insight into what its future looks like and what that means for you. |
| 0:34.6 | And make sure you stick around to the end for Hub Extra where we're recommending another |
| 0:38.1 | podcast that you should definitely be listening to. |
| 0:40.3 | Okay so for our news story of the week, this is possibly my favorite headline of the year so far. |
| 0:47.6 | And it reads, and it's from the Guardian, |
| 0:49.6 | Welcome to Manchatan, how the city sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers. |
| 0:55.7 | And this is an article by the Guardian that have said, which talks about Manchester, |
| 0:59.5 | but Manhattan Rob. Genius. |
| 1:01.2 | I don't know if they came up with it, I'd not heard of that before but obviously from the title |
| 1:06.3 | it's not complimentary to the city or what it's doing now I do love the headline I also love the caption where there's a photo of |
| 1:14.3 | axis tower, Betham Tower, Dean's Gaye, all looking beautiful and the headline is |
| 1:18.7 | Truly Shameful and in the first paragraph it suggests that it might be described as |
| 1:22.4 | hell upon earth. |
| 1:23.7 | Which is quite dramatic. |
| 1:26.1 | They'd obviously not been surreal. |
| 1:28.1 | Sorry for all this is real. |
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