11 Mar, 2024 There goes SDLT Multiple Dwellings Relief By Chris Xitsas One of the surprise (and less talked about) announcements from the Spring Budget this week was the abolition of SDLT Multiple Dwellings...
27 Apr, 2023 ALT/RESI UK - Invest tribe: “Getting creative in the living sectors during uncertain times” By Chris Xitsas After a good run post-COVID, market uncertainty has impacted transaction volumes in the living sector. The key challenges over the 9-12...
20 Feb, 2023 Alternative real estate assets expected to outperform in 2023 By Hamish Riches Alternative asset classes such as life sciences, student accommodation and Build-to-Rent are expected to show the best financial...
26 Jan, 2023 Students don’t want a concierge and a cinema, they want cheap rooms By Robin Barnes Interesting article in Estates Gazette on student accommodation. Student numbers are up to record highs for the third year in a row, and...
23 Jan, 2023 PBSA hit a record year in 2022 By Chris Xitsas Knight Frank reported this week that the purpose-built student accommodation market hit a record £7.2bn of investment in 2022. More than...
07 Oct, 2022 How countercyclical can the student housing sector prove to be? By Chris Xitsas Commercial real estate has certainly come up against strong headwinds in the last couple of weeks. The announcement of the new...
02 Mar, 2021 Student Accommodation sees green shoots of spring By Zoe Miller Warmer weather, impressive vaccination figures and a slow easing of lock-down measures and it is no wonder that one starts to see the...
07 May, 2020 Purpose Built Student Accommodation - what now? By Zoe Miller The purpose-built student accommodation market was estimated to be worth more than £50bn by Knight Frank ahead of the Covid-19 outbreak,...
13 Jun, 2019 Debt in the alternatives sector By Maples Teesdale Real Estate Capital recently highlighted that, whilst it has been the non-bank lenders who have, so far, been more focussed on the...