student housing

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.

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.

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…

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe.