Inside Britain’s student housing crisis: key challenges and 2025 predictions

UK students are struggling to find housing and demand for accommodation is soaring. Supply is failing to keep up, causing rents to rise on average by around 8% this year, according to the latest Knight Frank data.

So what's going on? How can universities, developers, and investors collaborate more effectively to tackle the supply crunch? What emerging trends will shape the future of student housing in 2025 and beyond? From the race for high-quality accommodations to the evolving expectations of Gen Z students—this conversation is a must-listen for anyone navigating the student property market.  

Anna is joined by Neil Armstrong and Merelina Sykes, joint heads of Knight Frank’s student property division, along with research associate Katie O’Neill, to unpack these critical questions.

For more, see Knight Frank’s student accommodation survey 2024: https://content.knightfrank.com/research/1663/documents/en/knight-frank-ucas-student-accommodation-survey-report-2024-11543.pdf

And Knight Frank’s latest quarterly update on the market: https://www.knightfrank.be/research/uk-student-housing-q3-2024-11625.aspx

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