Student Accommodation Invest Boom conti...

Student Accommodation versus other property investments: Investors are increasingly seeking out alternative property markets away from more traditional property areas such as buy to let residential sector. The reasons for this are due to price inflations in recovering property markets diminishing high yield potential and ROI.

With student numbers predicted to rise in the UK once again as we move into 2016 and beyond, there has never been more demand for accommodation to house local, national and international millennials seeking world-class higher education in United kingdom. On-campus and off-campus, specialist student-housing sites are popping up all over the UK to meet this growing demand for sleek and modern property for studying and state of the art features.

Student property on investors hit lists in 2016

As we move into 2016, student numbers are predicted to rise in the UK, There has never been more demand for accommodation to house local, national and international students seeking world-class higher education. On-campus and off-campus, new student developments are all over the UK to meet this growing demand for specialist and sleek property with spaces for studying and state of the art features and facilities.

Increasingly, students are demanding accommodation tailored for their specific needs, which have led to an increase in specialist housing being created, with spaces for studying and state of the art living areas which meet the needs of the modern student population. The benefits of this for landlords is that it offers them an opportunity to charge premium rates and maximise return by offering specialist, high quality, sleek student accommodation. Students are ever more willing to pay higher rents for accommodations of modern standards suited to student needs and desires, especially in bigger cities such as London, Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and many more.

landlords can still look to secure yields of between 6-10%.Year on year growth in rental income and yields that are higher than other sectors of the property market mean that the student housing market will remain financially strong, especially as student numbers are predicted to rise again moving into 2017.

With a solid £15 billion investment into the student property sector in 2015, student property is certainly an established market asset in its own right without anydoubt. Developers and landlords are being afforded the lucrative opportunity to charge premium rates and maximise their returns from a global market worth over £130b today.

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