Boom time for Student Accommodation in Stoke-on-Trent
Buy to let properties and student accommodation could soar in value following last week’s announcement by Staffordshire University that it is to transfer thousands of students to the city.
Estate agents and lettings specialists said that the huge influx of students from the county town to Stoke-on-Trent could fuel a boom for property owners as well as buy-to-let investors looking for homes in Stoke, Shelton and other areas close to the Leek Road and College Road sites.
By 2016 some 3,000 computing and entertainment technology students will have moved from their current site at Beaconside in Stafford, to the city meaning that there will be approaching 9,500 looking to rent here and a university spokesman said it will be working with landlords to find a solution …