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Landlords have been making attractive profits from renting property to students for many years, with this traditionally being one of the...

Housemates, the instant book student accommodation marketplace operating across 40 cities in the UK and Ireland which we have closely followed...

In this mini update, PIT takes a look at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) news, with Dominvs’ plans for...

Proposals for a new mixed-use development in Bristol were approved by a Government Planning Inspector at the start of March while...

This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from 160 new green homes coming to Croxley Green...

It’s been a tumultuous year for the student accommodation market, with distance learning and travel restrictions taking their toll on occupancy...

In this mini update, Property Investor Today looks at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), from the locations with the...

In this guest piece, Neil Smith, managing director UK and Ireland at Scape, sets out how providers of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)...

In this week’s roundup, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from Downing’s development spree after a major...

In this guest piece, Marcus Blake, managing director of Berkeley St George City & St Joseph, sets out why the UK's...

Unite Students, the UK's leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has published its net zero carbon pathway. The pathway sets...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from an architect's pledge to design a hotel-style student...

This BTR roundup features an insight into the UK PBSA sector, good news for the London co-living market, and a brand-new...

StuRents, one of the UK’s largest student accommodation search platforms, is to provide users with all-inclusive utility packages directly through its...

Plans for the latest phase of The Island Quarter development were approved by Nottingham City Council. The approved plans are set to...

Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...

PBSA specialist, Future Generation by Southern Grove, is offering pet-friendly student accommodation from September 2021 at its site in Guildford. The move...

Build to Rent furnishing solutions firm Manor Interiors recently researched UK student accommodation standards during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 1,032 UK...

Technology provider Utopi has partnered with property operator BOHO to install an energy management and resident wellbeing solution which aims to...

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has provided structured financing of AED 124 million (£24 million) through its UK operation supporting Bahrain...

Unite Students, a student accommodation provider, has announced its new property in Bristol will be named after Princess Campbell, the city’s...

Real estate company, Amro Partners is developing two new student accommodation projects in Iberia – Madrid and Porto. The new development...

Student accommodation owner/operator Student Roost has exchanged contracts on a major deal to purchase a prime new 703-bed property in Nottingham. Currently...

Off-site construction specialist Premier Modular has been awarded a place on the new £330 million LHC Modular Buildings Framework. Premier’s appointment to the...

In this guest piece, Tom Ward - founder and global CEO of PBSA provider Scape - which offers student accommodation in...

The Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is an incredibly exciting industry to be in right now with a very promising future...

After the Prime Minister warned the country not to travel to amber or red list countries, it is now looking increasingly...

Sheffield has been revealed as the top regeneration hotspot of the Yorkshire region, with projects set to drive investment to the...

A residential and commercial property developer has submitted proposals for a 692-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Nottingham city centre. Godwin...

Research by a student accommodation platform has found that the majority of student tenants would like to see utility costs more widely included...

Since the onset of the pandemic, the concept of the 15-minute city has come to the forefront more than ever, with...

London’s largest purpose-built rental community – Greenford Quay in the London Borough of Ealing - is ready to be unveiled by...

Real Estate Capital Holdings has agreed to sell a prime PBSA development opportunity in Leeds for £18.5 million to global living...

A national contractor says it has made ‘significant progress’ on three residential projects based in Leicester. The schemes from Stepnell include two...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Construction work on a set of new riverside apartments in North Tyneside has begun. The £10 million development, Shepherds Quay, will be...

Housebuilder Kebbell has unveiled its new Berkshire scheme of luxury apartments, Osborne House, which hosts six spacious, three-bedroom apartments located near the...

A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...

A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...

Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...

Southampton, Portsmouth and Nottingham are the cities with the highest density of student rental availability, research from UniHomes has revealed. The student...

A joint venture between Audley Group, Schroders Real Estate and Octopus Real Estate has secured a £47 million development loan for...

Summix Capital’s plans to turn the former Plumb Center in the heart of Bath into student accommodation have been granted planning...

Round Hill Capital (RHC), a leading global real estate investment, development and asset management firm, has secured a deal to acquire...

Brighton and Hove council last week (January 13 2021) granted planning permission to developer Alumno to construct purpose-built student accommodation on...

A leading UK student accommodation platform has unveiled which universities currently offer the best option for landlords in the student sector. UniHomes...

In 2019, senior housing – also known as retirement housing or senior living – seemed to be developing into one of...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

Co-living, while still highly niche in the UK and across Europe, has been growing in size and stature in recent years...

In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...

Student accommodation provider Future Generation is ending the year on a high note by topping out three schemes in two months...

Developer Southern Grove has revealed it will expand into the Build to Rent (BTR) and co-living sectors after eyeing significant opportunities. With...

As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...

As we get ever closer to leaving 2020 behind (and many might be happy to write this year off entirely), thoughts...

Phase one of The Oaks, a student development constructed by Howard Ward Associates (HWA) in Coventry, has completed. The building, known as...

It’s threatened to be a thing for quite some time, but for one reason or another co-living has failed to catch...

A property valuations and disposals firm has been appointed by the joint administrators of two further Elliot Group development schemes in...

We recently reported on the resilience of the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector, which has seen a net increase of 2.6%...

The current stamp duty holiday provides a window of opportunity for property investors. It’s particularly good news for those just entering...

The UK purpose-built student accommodation sector (PBSA) has grown by a net increase of 2.6% in 2020, with more than 25,000...

Unite Students, one of the UK's most prolific providers of student accommodation, has completed construction of its latest development worth £114...

Construction work has commenced on the Tate Residences, an ‘eagerly awaited’ luxury collection of 37 spacious apartments which overlook Sussex Cricket...

The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is becoming increasingly flexible, accommodating different course lengths and formats, as well as the uncertainty...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the London lettings market in full force this month, accounting for 25% of all...

The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is showing signs of recovery following market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...

Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...

Urban Village Capital has achieved a ‘first-class’ transformation of a former Coventry office block to university accommodation. Ringway House has undergone a...

A new Manchester-based student accommodation start-up is using the latest tech to deliver five times faster booking. Housemates, founded by tech entrepreneur...

Chicago-based CA Ventures (CA), a global investment management company, recently announced the launch of Novel Student, a ‘pioneering property management platform’...

Most universities will be reopening in some shape or form from late September/early October, and an increasing number of students attending...

One of the biggest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK moved a step closer last week (July 24) as a...

The student sector has been one of the most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but most universities are returning in some...

Now, more than ever, property investors will be seeking safe havens and thriving markets which promise strong and reliable returns. Could...

Aldershot – best known as the ‘Home of the British Army’ - is set for a major investment to transform the...

In one of the biggest signs yet that modern methods of construction (MMC) are going mainstream, NHBC, the leading warranty and...

Before the coronavirus hit, Build to Rent was without question the property market's fastest-growing trend. While, like all parts of the...

Several months ago, on March 23, Boris Johnson made a televised address to the nation with the unprecedented call for the...

A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...

The Oaks – Student Roost’s 50th student accommodation, situated near Warwick University - is on course to open early, it has...

A niche, but much-discussed, sub-sector of the rental market, co-living has never really taken off in the UK in the way...

Despite the uncertainties posed by coronavirus for the higher education sector, new student accommodation developments are showing no signs of slowing...

Earlier this month, we ran a two-part series on Paul Hanafin - who successfully moved from busking to a £1 million...

Development work is continuing to pick up as we ease out of lockdown. Below, we offer an update on two schemes...

The coronavirus pandemic has affected all parts of the property investment market in recent months, but it has brought particular uncertainty...

In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...

While Covid-19 continues to affect us all in differing ways, many countries in Central and Eastern Europe are tentatively lifting lockdown...

Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, there could be no denying that Build to Rent (BTR) was the biggest property market...

The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is continuing to grow despite the huge impact on universities from the coronavirus pandemic, which...

In part one, we told the story of how Paul Hanafin, a former busker and chemistry graduate, created a £1 million...

In recent years, there's been a trend for alternative renting options such as Build to Rent and co-living, particularly among millennials...

A young entrepreneur hailing from the North West has secured £100,000 pre-seed funding for her housing app. Lydia Jones officially founded Manchester-based...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...

Residential property consultancy Ringley has launched a new operational management platform for property owners to monetise services and spaces within their...

With all face-to-face teaching across the UK on hold for the time being thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, student accommodation providers...

Property Investor Today focuses on two brand new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) schemes from Future Generations and a refinance deal for...

In this latest development round-up, we zone in on three new student developments and the relaunch to the market of one...

Developer Southern Grove has rescued out of receivership a site that was supposed to host the world’s most sustainable residential tower. The...

Alpamint Capital and DN Property London Limited, the property investor and operator founded by David Nourani, are collaborating to launch the...

Invest Dudley, the inward investment arm of Dudley Council, has revealed that it will be showcasing many regeneration projects in the...

PAPA Architects has completed a 64-unit student accommodation scheme in Tottenham, with the £12 million development, at Chesnut Road, funded by Secure...

With more and more people going to university every year, landlords and investors may wish to tap into the increasingly lucrative...

An £80 million purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Hackney Wick has been granted planning permission, at the same time securing the...

It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...

Scape, the global student living specialist, has acquired the Australian Urbanest portfolio (‘Urbanest’) of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets from M3...

A new student housing report from global real estate firm JLL has revealed that the outlook for UK PBSA (purpose-built student...

Co-living is currently a nascent market in the UK – still highly niche, albeit growing – but there are signs that...

Property Investor Today has previously looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK and asked whether fractional ownership and...

Last month Property Investor Today attended AEW UK’S economic briefing on senior living to find out whether this could be the...

Alumnno and Fresh Student Living are launching the first show room at their Benedict’s Gate student residence. Contractors HG Construction is making...

The Route – Finance has raised a further £30 million for the funding of eight developments across the UK. Funded by The...

Student accommodation specialist Future Generation has successfully completed the £25 million Hythe Mills project in Colchester, Essex – its first purpose-built...

Future Generation has secured planning permission for a £25 million student scheme in Cambridge. The developer – a PBSA arm of developer...

A funding agreement has been reached between Alumno Group and Curlew Capital on the former’s new student accommodation development at Benedict’s...

Cardiff may be small, but those who know the city would probably agree that it’s perfectly-formed and it’s certainly a great...

Moorfield, a boutique UK real estate private equity fund manager, has announced the practical completion of the latest purpose-built student accommodation...

Property Investor Today was recently invited along to the 150th anniversary celebrations of renowned constructor Sir Robert McAlpine, where we met...

The property landscape in cities across Europe is being transformed by changing lifestyle patterns, growing affordability pressures and delayed life milestones,...

Property Investor Today has covered the work of Smartlands - the first regulated blockchain-based crowdfunding company in the UK, and the...

Property firm LH1 London has sold more than 100 apartments at landmark Digbeth development ‘The Forge’ in the heart of Birmingham’s...

New research has revealed that approximately two thirds (64%) of UK landlords are optimistic about the outlook for the residential buy-to-let...

Global investment into purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) reached a record $16.3 billion in 2018, surpassing the previous high of $15.9 billion...

A startup housing app which aims to provide a safe haven for international students recently won the North West regional final...

A PropTech startup has launched a mobile app to make student house hunting easier. Polygon, which launched in August 2018 to help...

An industry first ‘Student Accommodation’ podcast was released last week by City Room Rentals, a leading online marketplace for student housing. The...

Funding has been secured for a 407-bed student scheme on a prime site in Leeds, it has been revealed. Gregory Property Group...

Legal & General has recently exchanged contracts on a new Build to Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre on behalf...

Legal & General has purchased the long leasehold of a modern student accommodation residence at the University of Oxford for approximately...

Students appear to be generally happy with their living conditions and the services provided by their landlords, according to a new...

The UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is predicted to reach a total combined value of over £53 billion by...

Shojin Property Partners has launched a new crowdfunding investment opportunity for a newly built student property block in Nottingham. The block consists...

Plymouth has been named as the top location for landlords investing in purpose-built student accommodation, data from online buy-to-let agency yieldit has...

Knight Frank remains top of the student market after a 33% increase in its visibility over the past year, according to...

Student housing is increasingly becoming an attractive prospect for investment, with a 17% increase in investment in student accommodation in the...

Allsop’s next residential auction – which will take place on Thursday 19 July at the luxury InterContinental London Park Lane hotel –...

Legal & General has agreed to fund the development of two high-quality student accommodation blocks which have been pre-let to the...

Last year, Savills statistics showed that investment into student accommodation had risen by 17%. And with the number of students being accepted...

International property consultancy and estate agency Knight Frank has revealed that it has strengthened its Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) business...

Activity of transactions in Scotland’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) exceeded £100 million in 2017, according to recent figures for GVA’s Student...

The London and Moscow-based real estate consultancy AZ Real Estate has acquired City Edge, a 136-apartment student accommodation block in Birmingham...

Crosslane Student Developments has secured planning consent for a 266-bed, purpose-built student accommodation development in Coventry. The scheme, which is set to...

Regeneration specialist Urban Splash has joined forces with student accommodation developer, Alumno Developments, to create accommodation for around 350 students, as well...

Property Partner, the world’s first property stock exchange, recently saw individual investors raising £2,992,800 of equity to buy a Purpose-Built Student...

Research carried out by Prime Student Living has revealed that the number of private purpose-built student accommodation beds in Newcastle has,...

Private student rent has remained at an average of £100 to £119 a week for the second year running, according to...

A 25-year lease has been signed between Durham University and Lothbury Investment Management, on behalf of Lothbury Property Trust, on its...

A student property portfolio in Nottingham worth £3.25m has been purchased by Nottingham-based MS Estates on behalf of a London-based institution. Located...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

You may have noticed a renewed flurry of post-referendum pessimism in early February as UCAS published its January 2017 deadline application...

There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of students living in private sector purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the...

Planning consent has been awarded for a £20m student accommodation scheme in Sheffield city centre. Sheffield City Council gave London-based developer Southern...

The biggest talking point in 2017 will be triggering Article 50 to begin the process of Britain’s exit from the EU,...

With student housing becoming an increasingly popular investment in recent years, Mish Liyanage at the Mistoria Group explains how you could...

Property developer Sigma Capital has launched a £39m regeneration scheme in Liverpool city centre after securing funding for the project. The development...

A £2.5bn regeneration scheme around Wembley Stadium has been given the go-ahead by Brent Council and will see up to 4,850 new...

Northern cities Leeds and Manchester offer the best buy-to-let property investment opportunities for parents of undergraduate students, according to research. Both areas...

Open equity investment firm Cogress has sourced £8m in just 22 days after completing a £3.9m investment for a mixed-use development on...

More than 4,500 purpose-built student accommodation units were constructed in 2015, according to figures from Barbour ABI. Overall, the value of construction projects in this sector...

New data from leading personal property investments company Experience Invest has revealed that inhabitants of Liverpool are most likely to invest...

The UK's first ever student property investment comparison portal has been launched by digital advertising company Lead Galaxy.  The portal, www.StudentProperty.Investments, is...

In the first half of 2015, £3.8 billion was invested in student property in the UK, and it’s predicted that this...

Student property has been big news in the investment world for some time now. High yields and even higher demand mean...

The University of Nottingham provides one of the UK's best student property investment locations in terms of rental returns. This is the...

London-based property investment consultancy Experience Invest has created a new investment opportunity in Luton. With demand for student accommodation increasing year...

Student property is currently the UK’s best performing asset class, with over £4 billion invested into the sector in the first...

165,000 people in England and Wales have a second property which they keep as a holiday home, new research from Direct...