
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: A new report by Knight Frank has found that rental growth in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) slowed to 1.5 per cent in the 2026/27 academic year, as affordability pressures and increased competition reshaped leasing conditions across the UK PBSA market.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Developer Wee Hur Holdings will deliver a PBSA project comprising almost 1,400 beds at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK living sector saw £1.9 billion of investment during Q3, according to global real estate advisor CBRE.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Knight Frank’s Planning team has secured planning permission for a 123-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at Britannia Street Car Park in King’s Cross.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Kilburn & District Properties and development manager General Projects have submitted plans for the conversion of a 1960s building in Camden Town, north London, into a purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Maslow Capital has provided a £238 million development finance facility to a joint venture between Arada London and the Shaw Corporation for a purpose-built student accommodation scheme (PBSA) on the Old Kent Road.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment manager Orka Investments has acquired the Hill View Place purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Exeter.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: GRAHAM has been appointed to deliver a 321-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset for Gamuda Land UK at Marshgate Lane in Stratford.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Unite Group has lowered rents in some cities for the current academic year because of falling demand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Investec Real Estate has provided a £21.34 million senior secured investment loan to refinance The Edge, a 307-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Belfast.
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