Applicant figures released by UCAS in November 2011 reveal that there has been a 12% rise in the number of international students outside of the EU. This increase in wealthy overseas students combined with a shortage of luxury, purpose-built residences has created a rising demand for London Student Room Investment.
Notably the strongest rise was seen from Hong Kong (32%) and Australasia (24%), with a number of universities across England stating that they will see income from overseas students to go up by 100% by 2013-14.
Despite the recent university fee increases, the student accommodation market has not been affected according to world leading real estate advisor, CBRE, who has stated that occupancy rates are in excess of 99% across the UK.
What’s more, the same CBRE study report stated that rental rates increased in 2011, with London reporting an average 5% rental rise.
With lots of UK universities vigorously concentrating on international recruitment strategies, with ambitious intake targets for the next 5 years, there’s never been a better time to enter a London Student Room Investment.
Becoming an increasingly popular asset class, 863 million was invested into UK student accommodation in 2011, representing a noteworthy increase from the 770 million invested in 2010, and demonstrates a 120% increase from 2009.
With a growing demand for this form of income generating asset, Experience International has just launched an exclusive London Student Room Investment, offering investors a low risk and fully-managed opportunity in a location with a student population of over 28,000.
“From previous UK student accommodation opportunities we’ve seen most developments sold out within the first few weeks of the launch date,” MD of Experience International, Steven Worboys comments. “We have no doubt that our exclusive London Student Room Investment will be our most popular UK investment to date, due to the strength of the investment and its prime city location.”
Structured to allow an investor to lease back their purchased student room or studio apartment to an experienced management company, investors can benefit from a truly hands-free investment.
With an assured 9% NET Yield from year 1 and income paid monthly from November 2012, this brand new, high specification, purpose-built student accommodation investment is a low risk income generating asset structured for today’s astute investor.
For those with a tenant in mind, the optional management structure provides a low-entry level into London’s luxury private student accommodation market. All units are oversized and completed to a high quality standard with access to all on-site facilities.
The high demand for quality accommodation from a growing number of wealthy overseas students means that investors can secure higher returns by entering a London Student Room Investment when compared to traditional buy-to-let opportunities.
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