Property News · September 30, 2020

UK student housing market faces oversupply amid Covid-19 crisis but Singapore private equity firm sees values in investment plan


The market for student accommodation in the UK, the hottest market outside North America in recent years, is entering a lull period amid the Covid-19 crisis. Growing oversupply could stress prices in the near term, analysts said.The market has an estimated £1 billion (US$1.27 billion) of excess stock, according to property consultancy Knight Frank, mitigated by some construction delays due to a slump in demand as the pandemic kept students away at home and universities turned to online teaching…

Source : South China Morning Post
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