Student accommodation set for record 2020 after bumper 2019

Last year saw the second highest level of student accommodation investment on record, with transactions reaching a total of £5.2bn.

According to new research from JLL it was the most activity the sector has seen since the record volume of 2015, when £5.7bn was invested in PBSA.

The agency predicted that with the high-profile sale of iQ Student on the horizon and confidence returning to the real estate sector after Brexit and the general election, student accommodation will smash records with up to £7.5bn of transactions this year …

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