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Build-to-rent · Sector in build

Build-to-rent feasibility, modelled as a hold.

Apartments, lease-up curves, operating costs, stabilised NOI and yield on cost across the hold. Popurise is live for residential development today and is expanding into build-to-rent next.

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Why this sector

Stop modelling BTR like a build-to-sell.

Build-to-rent is a hold with a different cost profile and a different exit. Spreadsheets borrowed from build-to-sell hide the inputs that decide whether the project clears its yield on cost.

The old way
Modelled like a sell-down.

Revenue stacked into a single GRV. Operating costs ignored. Stabilised yield estimated at the end.

With Popurise
Modelled like a stabilised asset.

Lease-up curves, operating costs, stabilised NOI and exit yield, connected across the hold period.

BTR is a hold, not a sell-down.Lease-up, opex, NOI and exit value in one workspace.
  • 01

    Lease-up as a curve.

    Monthly absorption from PC to stabilisation, with vacancy across the hold.

  • 02

    Operating costs front and centre.

    Management, maintenance, leasing, marketing and capex reserve as real inputs.

  • 03

    Stabilised NOI at the top.

    Gross income net of opex and structural vacancy. The number the exit cap rate prices.

  • 04

    Yield on cost as the test.

    Stabilised NOI over total development cost. The viability check.

  • 05

    Hold IRR not just margin.

    Equity IRR across construction, lease-up and exit. Not a development margin alone.

  • 06

    Scenarios on lease-up.

    Base, downside and stretch on absorption and rent, in one project.

The spreadsheet problem

Stop letting the spreadsheet hide the hold.

Build-to-rent feasibility lives on lease-up, opex and stabilised yield. Most workbooks borrowed from build-to-sell flatten these into a single GRV and miss what decides the deal.

  • 01Revenue stacked as a single GRVMonthly rent roll, absorption and vacancy as scenarios
  • 02Operating costs ignoredManagement, maintenance, leasing and reserve as inputs
  • 03Stabilised NOI estimated lateStabilised NOI live in the output panel
  • 04Yield on cost rebuilt every cutYield on cost connected to every input
  • 05Lease-up flattened to one curveAbsorption modelled month by month
  • 06Hold IRR ignoredLevered IRR across construction, lease-up and exit
  • 07Final_v11 becomes the systemOne live project, one scenario set

The difference

Run build-to-rent feasibilities faster.

Build-to-sell spreadsheets miss the hold. Generic property tools miss the lease-up. Popurise is being built for BTR teams that need the answer in minutes.

What you get
Excel workbookBuild it yourself
Spreadsheet templateOff the shelf
Legacy softwareTrained user tool
PopuriseBuilt around the deal
Best fit
Build-to-sell models
Single-period templates
Trained users
Held-residential feasibility
Revenue model
GRV stack
GRV stack
Available, heavy
Rent roll and absorption
Opex
Often ignored
Flat margin
Heavy to configure
Real input categories
Stabilised NOI
Hand-calculated
Manual
Available with effort
Live output
Hold IRR
Not modelled
Limited
Process-heavy
Across construction, lease-up and exit
Scenario testing
Copy files
Manual edits
Heavy
Side by side
Version control
File chaos
File chaos with formatting
Better, but heavier
One live project
Cashflow visibility
Buried
Basic
Available, not quick
Monthly cashflows in one view

Get to the answer faster, without spreadsheet mess or software bloat.

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How it works

Three steps to a faster BTR decision.

Model the deal as a hold, compare lease-up scenarios and decide what gets the next round of work.

Step 01

Model the deal

Set the scheme, lease-up curve, opex stack, hold period and exit yield in one workspace.

Step 02

Compare the cases

Test absorption, rent growth and exit yield as scenarios without copying spreadsheets.

Step 03

Make the call

See yield on cost, stabilised NOI and hold IRR. Decide whether the scheme deserves a real bid.

What the model handles

A build-to-rent model, not a renamed build-to-sell.

The Popurise build-to-rent model is being scoped around lease-up curves, opex, stabilised NOI and exit yield, for Australian developers running residential as a hold.

01

Site and apartments

Site areaGFAApartmentsAverage sizeMix

02

Land and acquisition

Land costStamp dutyAcquisitionSettlement

03

Build costs

ConstructionEscalationContingencyCommon areas

04

Rent and absorption

Rent per weekAbsorptionVacancyEscalation

05

Opex and reserve

ManagementMaintenanceLeasingMarketingReserve

06

Finance and exit

Construction debtTerm debtRefinanceExit yield

07

Programme and hold

ConstructionLease-upStabilisationHoldExit

Popurise model

Inputs stay connected. Change the deal, see the answer move.

Output · PlannedDriven by sector-specific assumptions

Returns

Yield on cost5.4%
Stabilised NOI$18.6M
Exit value$402.0M
Stabilised gross income$24.8M
Hold period IRR13.8%
Equity multiple1.9x
Peak debt$248.0M
Peak equity$132.0M

  1. Development directors

    Decide which BTR sites deserve real modelling time.

  2. Acquisition teams

    Screen sites against a target stabilised yield on cost.

  3. Operators

    Sanity-check absorption, vacancy and operating costs.

  4. Asset managers

    Stress-test exit yield and hold IRR across cases.

  5. Funds and investors

    Sanity-check stabilised NOI and exit value against the cost stack.

Why it exists

A better way to run build-to-rent feasibility.

Popurise is being built around the inputs that decide a BTR deal: rent, absorption, opex, stabilised NOI and exit yield, in one workspace.

Built for BTR

Model rent roll, absorption, opex, stabilised NOI and exit yield in one workspace designed around a hold.

Made for faster site screening

Use Popurise to test whether a BTR scheme is worth the bid before the deeper financial model is built.

Clearer than spreadsheet files

Keep lease-up scenarios, opex and cashflows together, so the hold answer is easy to review.

Popurise helps BTR teams replace fragile workbooks with a cleaner browser-based workspace for build-to-rent feasibility and stabilised yield review.

Questions

Build-to-rent feasibility, answered.

Straight answers on how Popurise will handle build-to-rent feasibility for Australian developers and operators.

Is the BTR model live today?

Not yet. Popurise is live for residential build-to-sell feasibility. Build-to-rent is a future sector being scoped on the same platform.

How is lease-up modelled?

Monthly absorption from practical completion, with vacancy applied at stabilisation and across the hold.

What does the operating cost stack include?

Management, maintenance, leasing, marketing and capex reserve as separate inputs. Outgoings are recovered or absorbed depending on the scheme.

What is the exit treatment?

Stabilised NOI capitalised at an exit yield, less sale costs. Sensitivity bands on yield can be modelled.

Can the model compare BTR and BTS scenarios on the same site?

Yes. Scenarios live inside one project, so a build-to-sell case and a build-to-rent case can sit side by side.

Will it support staged hold and partial exits?

Staged hold and partial exit treatment is being scoped.

How do I register interest?

Use the Register interest button. Tell us how your team currently models BTR and what would help.

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Tell us how your team models BTR today. We are building this with the developers and operators who will use it.

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