student housing

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key development and investment themes in the UK student property market

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…

Plus, how real estate shapes university choices

Plus, the Living Sectors shine and how many homes can be built on brownfield sites in London?

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…

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.

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.

Plus could Living sectors offer a bright spot for development?

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…

Educational operators are breathing life back in to prime central locations as growing international student numbers attracts investment into living sectors.