ICEF Monitor: Homeward bound: The growing global investment in student housing

21 Oct 2015

Here are the highlights:

  • Shortages of student housing in many markets have prompted a significant expansion of private investment in the sector
  • This bears on international recruitment as housing is both an important aspect of cost and a key element of the overall study experience

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The evolution of the student housing market. Source: Class of 2020. Please note that the term “REIT” in the illustration above refers to Real Estate Investment Trust, a large-scale property investment fund that is analogous to a mutual fund in stock or bond markets.

Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/10/homeward-bound-the-growing-global-investment-in-student-housing/

Author: Samuel Ang