Global investment into institutional student housing broke records in 2016, reaching $16.45 billion and surpassing the previous annual record of $15.6 billion set in 2015, according to Savills.
Total volumes by dollar value increased by 5.4 percent globally in 2016, which was double the levels seen in 2014, as several newly built portfolios of scale traded for the first time and investors continued to recognize the mainstream investment opportunities in the sector and its role as a gateway to other residential assets. Investor interest was focused on the United States and United Kingdom, the most mature global markets where the majority of investable institutional student housing stock can be found. The United States attracted $9.82 billion of investment in 2016, up from $5.96 billion in 2015 and a 65 percent increase and a new record for the country. The United Kingdom secured $3.84 billion investment, its second highest volume ever, after 2015’s record-breaking volume of
