A key element of Bouwinvest’s active asset management is our aim to achieve an optimal fit with tenants’ needs by engaging with (potential) tenants and adapting both new and existing homes to the evolving housing desires identified by our marketing and asset management teams. Bouwinvest has therefore divided the tenant population of the portfolio into six specific customer segments. These segments differ significantly and are based on lifestyle, housing ambition and housing preferences.
Furthermore, the Fund devotes a great deal of time and energy to online lead generation. Potential tenants are increasingly turning to the internet as their (first) search engine for rental homes. On the basis of the customer journeys we mapped out for our target groups, we invested in the optimisation of the rental process and our online presence via the continued development of websites using Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Marketing Automation and a CRM system. We have now fully digitalised the customer journey for all new-build projects, simplifying the entire process and making it fully transparent, both for us and for our customers.
We are convinced that this approach, combined with high-quality housing products in the best locations, is the main reason that virtually all new properties added to the portfolio were fully let before completion and the overall financial occupancy rate is a very satisfying 97.9%.
Financial occupancy rate
