Wi-fi, en-suite facilities and communal areas are the most important features for higher education students when choosing accommodation according to a recent survey by Unite, developers and managers of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK. As well as these demands, Unite also discovered that location, security, price and cleanliness are important factors for a happy [...]
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May 3, 2012
Students demand WiFi, ensuites and communal areas from their university accommodation
By: admin in Liverpool, Student Property Investment, UK
April 26, 2012
Savvy investors cash in on booming hotel market in Britain’s favourite small city
By: admin in York
The most active market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) according to Q1 2012 figures from Jones Lang LaSalle, UK hotel investment remains on the rise with savvy investors cashing in on the boom in Britain’s favourite small city, York (YouGov independent poll, 2011). Heralded as a “bright and resilient sector” by PwC [...]
April 17, 2012
Investment in UK student accommodation up by almost 50% report CBRE
By: admin in Liverpool, Student Property Investment, UK
According to the latest research from CBRE, over £246 million of student housing investment deals in the UK were transacted in Q1 2012 with total investment in student accommodation increasing by nearly 50% to over £1.1 billion in 2011. Indeed, demand for long leased products has risen seeing annual yields grow to 5.5% in the [...]
April 5, 2012
Property Frontiers named Best Large Agent for the third year running at prestigious AIPP Awards
By: admin in UK
Last Friday leading international property agency Property Frontiers was awarded for the third year running the Best Large Agent Multi Country accolade at the esteemed 2012 AIPP Awards held at A Place in the Sun Live, Earls Court, London. Attended by the best in the industry, the independent awards focus on customer service, reward excellence and [...]
March 26, 2012
Asian tiger hones in on student accommodation in Liverpool
By: admin in Liverpool, Student Property Investment, UK
As mentioned in Chancellor George Osborne’s speech last week, Chinese investment is currently pouring into Liverpool. Earlier in the year, Osborne explained that the Government is committed to vigorously encouraging the Chinese to invest in the Liverpool city area, where there are “exciting opportunities” for the “Asian tiger” to invest and as the best asset [...]
March 20, 2012
Derelict to Desirable. Student accommodation drives regeneration of Liverpool’s housing stock
By: admin in Liverpool, Student Property Investment, UK
Over the last decade, Liverpool has gone through an incredible transformation seeing a number of major schemes and projects take place in a bid to improve the local environment and economy. But a new trend of restoring derelict properties into purpose built student accommodation is driving the regeneration of the city’s housing stock further. Ray [...]
February 22, 2012
At the Frontier: New way to invest in the USA, voted top destination for real estate investors
The United States remains the best option for real estate investments this year according to the 2012 annual survey of the members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE). The survey, carried out in Q4 2011 discovered that around 60% of respondents, which together hold around $338 billion of real estate in [...]
January 30, 2012
Farmland – The new Green Gold of 2012
By: admin in Eco Investment, Farmland, Uruguay
As any savvy investor will know, land is the most valuable asset we have. Of the 30% of the Earth’s surface which is land, just over half is used for agriculture however with the global population rising fast, passing the 7 billion marker only last year, and large areas of farmland previously used for food [...]
January 23, 2012
London hoteliers all fired up as Capital named 2012 top travel destination
By: admin in Hotel Investment, London, UK
After a strong year in 2011, the world travel market this year looks set to grow with London proposed as one of the top travel destinations for 2012 according to the “Look Back, Look Ahead” Insider Index from Orbitz, a leading global online travel company. The travel experts at Orbitz used their industry experience and [...]
January 18, 2012
UK Student Accommodation leads the returns race outperforming all commercial property classes
Performing exceptionally well as an asset class compared to traditional investments over the last year, student accommodation in the UK has outperformed every other commercial property class, supplying regular returns throughout the economic crisis according to the latest Knight Frank Student Property Report 2012. The report highlights that student property returns averaged 11.5% in September [...]