All developments and operators that achieve the required verified review count for their relevant category will be put forward for the awards data cut for the 2026 HomeViews Awards.
New for 2026: This year we have added a number of new categories and refined the criteria to ensure greater fairness and clarity. New awards include “Best New Rental Operator”, “Best Rental Operator: Medium”, “Most Consistent High Performing Rental Development” and expanded “Resident Team of the Year” categories.
Awards Criteria
Best Rental Development: Scotland
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-Living
Best Rental Development: North-East
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-Living
Best Rental Development: North West
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Best Rental Development: London
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Best Rental Development between 101& 300 homes: National
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 30 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Most Improved Rental Development
- Dataset covers a 2-year period of January 1st 2024 – 31st December 2025
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews in the last calendar year
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-Living
Best Rental Development: Single Family Housing
- Minimum of 10 verified reviews between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- Development is Single Family Housing
Best New Rental Operator
- Minimum 1 development
- Minimum 10 verified reviews per development*
- There must be a minimum of 25 verified reviews in total, even if only one development is active
- The development(s) must be Pure BTR, SFH and co-living developments are excluded
- Both in-house and third-party operators are eligible
- To qualify as a new operator, the first residents must have moved into the operator’s first development within the past two calendar years (from January 2023 onwards)
* Each development must receive at least 10 verified reviews if it is active for the entire year. For developments open for less than a year, the required number of reviews is calculated on a pro-rata basis, and no reviews are needed during the first 4 months of operation. For example, if residents have lived in a development for 10 months, the pro-rated requirement would be 5 reviews (reflecting 6 months of eligibility).
Best Rental Operator: Large
- Only Pure BTR developments in a portfolio will be considered eligible for this award.
- Minimum of 3 developments
- Minimum of 50 verified reviews total across the portfolio between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- The criteria for the number of units will be determined after the final list of qualifying companies has been reviewed.
* Each development must receive at least 10 verified reviews if it is active for the entire year. For developments open for less than a year, the required number of reviews is calculated on a pro-rata basis, and no reviews are needed during the first 4 months of operation. For example, if residents have lived in a development for 10 months, the pro-rated requirement would be 5 reviews (reflecting 6 months of eligibility).
Best Rental Operator: Small
- Only Pure BTR developments in a portfolio will be considered eligible for this award.
- Minimum of 3 developments
- Minimum of 50 verified reviews total across the portfolio between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- The criteria for the number of units will be determined after the final list of qualifying companies has been reviewed.
* Each development must receive at least 10 verified reviews if it is active for the entire year. For developments open for less than a year, the required number of reviews is calculated on a pro-rata basis, and no reviews are needed during the first 4 months of operation. For example, if residents have lived in a development for 10 months, the pro-rated requirement would be 5 reviews (reflecting 6 months of eligibility).
Resident Team of the Year: Scotland
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: North-East
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: South-West of England & Wales
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: London
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Best Rental Development: North-West
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-Living
Best Rental Development: Midlands
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Best Rental Development: South-East
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Best Rental Development with up to 100 homes: National
- Minimum of 15 verified reviews required to qualify
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Best Rental Development with 301+ homes: National
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 30 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-living
Most Consistent High Performing Rental Development
- Dataset covers a 3-year period of January 1st 2023 – 31st December 2025
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews in the last calendar year
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- Development is Pure BTR, excluding SFH & Co-Living
Best Rental Development: Co-Living
- Minimum of 10 verified reviews between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- Development is Co-Living
Best Single Family Housing Operator
- Minimum total of 25 verified reviews across all developments between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- Minimum of 5 developments with at least 5 verified reviews each
- Only Single Family Housing developments in a portfolio will be considered eligible for this award.
Best Rental Operator: Medium
- Only Pure BTR developments in a portfolio will be considered eligible for this award.
- Minimum of 3 developments
- Minimum of 50 verified reviews total across the portfolio between 1st January 2025 – 31st December 2025
- The criteria for the number of units will be determined after the final list of qualifying companies has been reviewed.
* Each development must receive at least 10 verified reviews if it is active for the entire year. For developments open for less than a year, the required number of reviews is calculated on a pro-rata basis, and no reviews are needed during the first 4 months of operation. For example, if residents have lived in a development for 10 months, the pro-rated requirement would be 5 reviews (reflecting 6 months of eligibility).
Resident Team of the Year: National
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: North-West
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: Midlands
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team of the Year: South-East of England
- Minimum of 10% of unit number or at least 15 verified reviews to a maximum of 50 reviews to qualify
- i.e. 300 units = 30 verified reviews
- 100 units = 15 verified reviews (minimum required)
- 800 units = 50 verified reviews (maximum required)
- All BTR subtypes are eligible
Resident Team Member of the Year
- The entrants will be selected from the top rated developments qualifying for Resident Team of the Year
- The final decision will be made by HomeViews
We believe the best information about a residential development comes from the people living there. Owners and tenants have a lot of useful information to share with their prospective neighbours, not just on the property itself and its locality, but also on the development and building management.
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