Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...
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![New portal takes on letting agents, lists “all available homes for young people”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![First sign of government U-turn on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency backing Purpose Built Student Accommodation over buy to let](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentsTogether400x310.jpeg)
New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency fending off 50 enquiries for every available property](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentsUp400x310.png)
An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Research shows best university locations for buy to let investment](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentHouse-400x310.jpg)
New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic hits student rental sector hard, new study confirms](/img/default/lat.png)
The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents excluded from new student property platform](/img/default/lat.png)
A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents. Housemates is for students, landlords and...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Two lettings platforms go for Open Banking system](/img/default/lat.png)
An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in foreign and UK students good for market, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fewer student buy to lets? Big rise in purpose-built accommodation reported](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Student accommodation still booming despite Brexit, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Student property - Birmingham is UK's leading buy-to-let hotspot](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tighten up - student landlords warned over security ahead of academic year](/img/default/lat.png)
Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agency fined after student property breached HMO rules](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation. A prosecution was brought...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Student rental sector may suffer because of Brexit, agency warns](/img/default/lat.png)
As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Landlords discriminate against students on gender, race' claims agency](/img/default/lat.png)
An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Brexit drop in EU student numbers 'significant impact on rentals'](/img/default/lat.png)
A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Over 150 agencies now listing on student accommodation website](/img/default/lat.png)
University Cribs, the student property search engine, is expanding to list accommodation in the London market. The service says that with its...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agency slams 'student accommodation for the rich'](/img/default/lat.png)
An online letting agency has sharply criticised student accommodation branded as affordable yet costing, it claims, nearly twice the maximum maintenance...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Student online agency to expand into mainstream lets](/img/default/lat.png)
An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business. StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![There's still too little specialist student accommodation, says website](/img/default/lat.png)
Despite what many in the industry believe to be an upsurge in specialist student accommodation construction in recent years, one student...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade body launches radio campaign highlighting electrical safety](/img/default/lat.png)
To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rents continue to rise in university locations](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents in some of the UK's most popular university locations have increased significantly over the last year, according to SpareRoom.co.uk. As...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Student buy to let investment due for major expansion, claims survey](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...