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Does a super-prime 'bat shed' lie at the heart of the UK's planning woes?
Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe
19 days ago
Podcast
Inside Britain’s student housing crisis: key challenges and 2025 predictions
UK students are struggling to find housing and demand for accommodation is soaring. Supply is failing to keep up, causing rents to rise on average by around 8% this year, according to the latest…
21 days ago
Student Housing
Robust investment comes in spite of an ongoing challenging investment backdrop
Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key development and investment themes in the UK student property market
2 months ago
Student Housing
Accommodation plays an important role in student decisions
Student preferences are evolving. Accommodation providers need to move with that change to support the future student cohort. Our research outlines the views and expectations of incoming and current…
3 months ago
Development
New starts nosedive but will 2024 brighten by spring?
Plus, predictions across development and living sectors
11 months ago
Development
Investors set aside £45 billion to target UK Living sectors
The past five years have seen investment into the Living sectors rise across the UK, from £7.6 billion in 2018 to £15.1 billion in 2022. Figures for 2023 suggest that institutions committed a further…
One year ago
Student Housing
60 Second Property Digest – robust student demand as development stalls
Just 22% of PBSA pipeline in the UK is currently under construction, as rising building and finance costs as well as planning laws slow delivery.
One year ago
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Development
Economic uncertainty hitting UK property developers
Britain is facing a looming supply crunch for new homes. Anna Ward, residential research, is joined by Knight Frank development experts to discuss the current obstacles in the market.
One year ago
Student Housing
Student investment volumes rebound as development stalls
Fewer than 15,000 new purpose-built student beds will be added to supply in the 2023/24 academic year, a 28% fall on the previous year’s delivery and notably below the five-year average before the…
One year ago
Student Housing
Higher education revolutionising Spain office market
Educational operators are breathing life back in to prime central locations as growing international student numbers attracts investment into living sectors.
One year ago
Development
UK residential investment: Living Sectors performing and planning reforming
Living sectors counter-cyclical demand offers shelter from the storm, whilst future of planning reform remains uncertain.
One year ago
Student Housing
What does the journey to a million mean for UK student accommodation?
In this essay we unpick some of the accommodation-specific challenges ahead and look at what needs to be considered in planning for the Journey to a Million.
One year ago
Development
Housebuilders back in the market for land, planning delays and gauging student sentiment
Residential development update.
One year ago
Student Housing
Five themes that will shape the future of student property markets
With over 20,000 completed responses from both current students and new applicants, this year’s Knight Frank/UCAS Student Accommodation Survey offers a rich insight into the role accommodation plays…
One year ago
United States
New York: An academic heavyweight
Home to over 100,000 international students the city is seeing growing demand from parents seeking a base for their child when studying.
One year ago
Development
Record breaking year for investment in student housing across Europe
Across Europe, student housing is the only real estate asset class where investment volumes were up in both Q4 2022 and full-year 2022.
One year ago
Property Sector
Residential investment: Living sectors at the forefront of investor minds
Against a challenging economic backdrop, investing in sectors driven by demographic rather than economic shifts is a logical approach.
One year ago
Student Housing
Record investment into UK student market, despite economic uncertainty
During the first nine months of 2022, just under £3.1 billion was invested in the UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market, across 54 sales.
One year ago
Student Housing
UK student accommodation rents rebound in 2022
A return to strong rental growth following the pandemic, but big variations can be seen across markets.
One year ago
Student Housing
New student accommodation supply not keeping pace with student numbers
More than 560,000 new undergraduate students have been placed into UK universities or colleges for the 2022-23 academic cycle, according to data from UCAS, up slightly year-on-year and 4% higher than…
One year ago
Research
Shrinking China
Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe
One year ago
Development
A strong half year for new homes
Despite a host of issues new home supply remains stable.
2 years ago
Research
Souring consumer confidence and the outlook for UK interest rates
Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe.
2 years ago
Student Housing
PBSA vs PRS: which is best for students as cost of living rises?
All-inclusive rents could drive demand for PBSA amid a spike in utility costs.
2 years ago
Student Housing
What does the latest student applications data tell us about the UK PBSA market?
Increases in applications from 18 year olds and further growth in demand for university places from non-EU students will drive demand for student housing in the coming years.
2 years ago
Research
Record European residential investment
Record levels of investment poured into European residential assets last year, with spend nearly equal to that of office investment.
2 years ago
Senior Living
Seniors housing investment on the rise
New entrants, the growth of rental and strong fundamentals drove record levels of investment into the UK seniors housing market last year.
2 years ago
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