Unite Students is confident of “delivering full occupancy” in the next academic year, after a strong start to the sales cycle.<\/p>\n
The Bristol-headquartered property group also expects to achieve rental growth of 4-5% next year, in line with increases seen this year which have helped drive valuation increases across its portfolio.<\/p>\n
Unite Students is the UK’s largest owner, manager, and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, providing homes to 68,000 students.<\/p>\n
Joe Lister, chief executive of Unite Students, said: “We have seen a strong start to the 2025\/26 sales cycle, highlighting the continued demand for our high-quality accommodation from both students and universities.<\/p>\n
“The outlook for student numbers remains positive with a growing UK 18-year-old population and improving trends in international student recruitment given a more settled policy backdrop in recent months. This supports our confidence in delivering full occupancy and rental growth of 4-5% for the 2025\/26 academic year.”<\/p>\n
Unite Students raised \u00a3450m in July to fund property acquisitions and developments, and it has since agreed deals that has deployed around half of that money.<\/p>\n
“We have also continued to make good progress with the delivery of our development pipeline and have acquired eight investment properties, with value-add potential, in recent weeks,” added Lister.<\/p>\n
“These transactions grow our presence in some of the UK’s leading university cities where demand for accommodation is strongest.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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