While the UK market is swiftly maturing, PBSA investors are constantly seeking for new opportunities beyond borders. Samuel Vetrak, CEO of BONARD, has talked about recent trends and shifts in student housing, compared UK and continental European markets in terms of international student population and growth, rental levels, investment volumes, pipeline, product and student preferences, while identifying where the nearest investment opportunities lie.

Samuel Vetrak, CEO of BONARD, has opened the Class Conference 2019 in Berlin with a quick look into the international students growth numbers as well as highlighting the latest super trends in global student housing as identified by BONARD. He further provided market snapshots in selected European countries & regions, incl. Austria & CEE, Spain & Portugal, UK & Ireland, Germany & The Netherlands, France and Italy, focused on student numbers, PBSA beds, provision rate, rental levels and pipeline.

BONARD CEO Samuel Vetrak delivered the latest updates on the European student housing market. He addressed topics concerning how student housing market has grown and how various markets have developed over time. He also added where the future growth is and which markets are the most sought-after.

Central & Eastern Europe used to be overshadowed by UK & Western European developments as regards private student housing stock, with local players only catching up in relatively recent times. It is, however, becoming a rapidly growing region and is now on the radar of many local as well as international student housing investors looking for a less saturated market with new opportunities and greater diversification.

Samuel Vetrak, Founder and CEO of BONARD, an independent market intelligence powerhouse for student housing asset class, shared the latest data, insights, trends and opportunities in CEE student housing.

In January 2017, the Chinese agency market changed considerably and international student recruitment became more difficult in the most important source country. BONARD’s live webinar was led by Igor Skibickij, BONARD’s COO, who described recent market trends demonstrating how crucial a data-driven approach can be on one’s way to succeed in this No.1 source country for international students recruitment.

BONARD CEO Samuel Vetrak travelled to Vilnius, Lithuania to give a detailed update on student housing asset class focusing on Europe as study destination. Data collected showed not only customers’ preferences but also the trends in this field.

Stefan Kolibar, Head of BONARD Marketing, toured Australia and Dubai to give detailed data insight and unbiased student housing market update for investors, developers and operators.

Maria Gibalova, Head of BONARD Business Solutions & Events, travelled to Canada to introduce future markets to focus on when considering the acquisition or diversification of international students in the education sector. Among others she shared some best practices resulting from a detailed data-driven approach.

“1 million international students is the new target for Australia” said Samuel Vetrak, BONARD’s CEO during his speech at MIPIM 2019. Are the legal barriers to be removed or will they be kept?

Stefan Kolibar, BONARD’s Head of Marketing, was honoured to speak about student mobility in Asia focusing mainly on higher education both inbound and outbound as well as about recent trends in this region.

Patrik Pavlacic, Head of Research at BONARD, travelled to London to present the latest numbers and forecasts for the English ELT market.

At the consolidation stage, at the end of the cycle, is there any asset class offering safe haven for investments?

Bonard’s CEO Samuel Vetrak travelled to London to introduce student housing asset class and explained why it is considered a safe investment.

Maria Cervenanova, Senior Research Manager at Bonard, and David Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have held a joint presentation outlining the preliminary findings from an institutional survey.

Student Housing Asset Class 2018 Update

Samuel Vetrak, CEO of StudentMarketing, has presented the latest data and market trends in European student housing market.

Returning to China for a short stay, Igor Skibickij, BONARD’s COO, has held a speech on how and what factors influence building of solid foundations for student recruitment in China.

Maria Cervenanova, Senior Research Manager at StudentMarketing presented the IALC Student Experience Retrospective Analysis at the ICEF Berlin 2018 conference, which aimed for understanding the student base and gauge satisfaction levels throughout the IALC schools.

China represents world’s biggest domestic ELT market reaching 400 million domestic English learners yet its outbound ratio is one of the lowest among the source markets.

Student Housing Asset Class 2018 Update

Stefan Kolibar, Head of Marketing of BONARD, has presented the latest data and market trends in European student housing market.

Michal Malecka, Head of Business Development at BONARD, has introduced the student housing asset class at Property Forum in Vienna.

Brett Blacker, CEO at English Australia in a joint session with Patrik Pavlacic, Head of Research at BONARD, have presented the latest ELICOS report, including both status quo for 2017 and future forecasts.

Patrik Pavlacic, Head of Research at Bonard, together with Maria Cervenanova, Senior Research Manager at Bonard, have given the most recent industry update on the UK ELT market.

BONARD represented by Stefan Kolibar, Head of Marketing, has been invited to chair the student housing panel and speak about the CEE student housing asset class backing on data collected about more than 106 portoflios mapped.

Samuel Vetrak, CEO of BONARD, has defined the recent trends in the European student housing area highlighting Vienna (Austria), Milan (Italy) and/or Warsaw (Poland) as the cities with the best investment potential.