‘Don’t let inertia win.’ Key talking points from UKREiiF 2026

By Building news desk2026-05-22T11:41:00

Nearly 17,000 people from the built environment, finance and local government trekked to a rainy and overcast Leeds for the annual real estate investment event this week. Here we round up the key takeaways

Up until two weeks ago it seemed as if the chief topic of conversation at this week’s UKREiiF was likely to be the impact of the Iran conflict. While the war has rattled investors and driven up the price of energy and materials, it was barely mentioned at the three-day conference in Leeds.

Instead, it was a newer crisis which stole the limelight, the prospect of another government collapsing mid-term and dragging businesses back into a fresh round of prolonged uncertainty.

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