Confidence returns to UK student market
£72 billion UK student market sees development volumes and deal numbers bounce back as students return to campus.
Over 30,000 purpose-built student bedrooms were completed last year, more than double the 14,000 achieved in 2020 when the pandemic slowed construction. In total, these new additions lift the overall number of purpose-built student bed spaces in the UK to over 700,000.
A further 21,000 beds are estimated to be in the pipeline for delivery in time for the 2022 academic year. Once built, our calculations suggest this will take the total value of the UK student market to £72 billion …