27%
Provision rate (Savills)
Insights
Student housing market insights
Sector data and comment for developers, operators and investors: market size, occupancy, rental growth, yields and where supply is tightest.
Latest research · 12 September 2026
H1 2026 Student Accommodation Finance Report
Investment transactions, financing activity and evidence from Companies House, planning and sold data. PBSA and the wider student housing sector, with a market outlook.
99%
Occupancy (Cushman & Wakefield)
7%
Rental growth (Cushman & Wakefield)
4.25%
Prime yield (Knight Frank)
We track the UK student housing market so developers, operators and investors do not have to: how big the sector is, how it trades, where yields sit and where supply is tightest. Our market-data briefs are built from the specialist research houses and HESA, and every figure is attributed. Our comment draws on years arranging real-estate finance.
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The data desk
Our citable PBSA datasets, attributed to the specialist research houses.
Market data
The UK student housing market in numbers
The UK's purpose-built student accommodation stock, its occupancy, rental growth and the demand behind it, drawn from the specialist research houses and HESA.
Market dataPBSA yields and total returns
Where UK student accommodation yields sit by market tier, and what the asset class has returned, drawn from the specialist indices.
Market dataStudent-to-bed ratios and supply by city
How the largest UK student cities compare on the student-to-bed ratio, new-bed delivery and projected supply growth.
Briefs
Market data and comment
Data-led briefs on the state of the sector.
Market data
The UK student housing market in numbers
The UK's purpose-built student accommodation stock, its occupancy, rental growth and the demand behind it, drawn from the specialist research houses and HESA.
Market dataPBSA yields and total returns
Where UK student accommodation yields sit by market tier, and what the asset class has returned, drawn from the specialist indices.
Market dataStudent-to-bed ratios and supply by city
How the largest UK student cities compare on the student-to-bed ratio, new-bed delivery and projected supply growth.
CommentWhy PBSA demand keeps outrunning supply
Demand has consistently run ahead of new supply. Here is why, and what it means if you develop, operate or invest in student accommodation.
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