Student housing continued its record growth last year, booking over €9bn in international transactions, excluding the US. As student numbers are growing faster than supply, the asset class remains a top-4 sector prospect for investments in 2020.

SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) – To serve university students from the upper-middle class, investors are building or renovating buildings that will be rented exclusively for student housing.

Student housing continued its record growth last year, booking over €9bn in international transactions, excluding the US. As student numbers are growing faster than supply, the asset class remains a top-4 sector prospect for investments in 2020.

Video from REFI breakfast briefing on European real estate market in 2020.

Student accommodation, logistics properties, and the Dutch market feature high on investors’ agenda for 2020, according to panellists at REFI Europe‘s latest breakfast briefing.