How will purpose-built student accommodation markets react to COVID-19?
Despite some short-term hurdles, the investment case for student accommodation remains compelling.
At the end of last year our Student Accommodation Survey noted that politics presented the biggest and most immediate challenge for the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market, with question marks over fees for international students following the UK’s departure from the EU just one area of concern.
It is now clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has moved those goal posts entirely, with the focus having shifted to the potential disruption to the summer term and next academic cycle …