Student housing: whose dibs on the digs?

Knutt, E.

Student housing: whose dibs on the digs? - 2003 - Estates Gazette (0303) 18 January 2003, 54-55(2) .

Looks at the newly-built student housing sector which is beginning to attract the interest of private developers and investors although some universities are retaining ownership of their student housing as it constitutes an income stream. Although the sector looks recession-proof the student housing market is not the happy hunting ground that the demand figures might suggest. Two tables summarise student housing demand and supply as well as funding sources.


STUDENT HOUSING
PROPERTY INVESTMENT
UNIVERSITIES
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
COLLEGES