Tag: Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Flexible planning key to meeting London’s new PBSA targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th August 2026, 1 week ago | 0

A new target of more than 30,000 purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) beds over the next decade will require flexible planning,...

Students priced out of purpose-built student accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2025, 10 months ago | 2

Students are feeling the strain of rising rents as they struggle to afford purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). A new report...

London’s student housing boom could ease pressure on the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th August 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) could be the solution to help London meet housing targets, claims a planning and development consultancy....

NRLA urge MPs to amend Renters’ Rights Bill to protect student housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th August 2025, 1 year ago | 2

As students receive their A-level results today, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is calling on the government to protect...

UK property investment slumps amid economic uncertainty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th August 2025, 1 year ago | 1

UK property investment drops to a record two-year low as economic uncertainty fuels market uncertainty, according to a new report....

PBSA investment soars but supply issues remain

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th August 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The UK’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market experienced a robust second quarter with £830 million of investment, Knight Frank reports....

Scotland’s rent control amendment for student accommodation faces backlash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2025, 1 year ago | 3

An amendment in the Scottish Housing Bill to allow rent controls for purpose-built student accommodation will have a “chilling effect”...

Landlords could pay tenants up to two years’ rent for failing Decent Homes Standard as PBSA is exempt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2024, 2 years ago | 25

In an unfair loophole, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) providers will be exempt from the Decent Homes Standard, whilst landlords will...

Students criticise landlord lobby over Scottish Housing Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Student campaigners have slammed “the landlord lobby” for putting “people over profit” in the Scottish Housing Bill. The Scottish Housing...

Student rents outpace loans to threaten university choice

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd July 2024, 2 years ago | 3

University students in Britain face a growing affordability crisis as rental costs for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) outpace the rise...

Student housing shortage worsens across UK cities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Despite a rise in student numbers heading to university this year, there has been a big 24.5% drop in the...

Student accommodation will struggle for two years – as guarantor demand soars

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Students looking for accommodation for the upcoming academic year are facing an increasingly tough situation, one rent guarantor firm warns....

Students face chaos in trying to find accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

With A-level results due this week many students could be left facing a battle in finding accommodation. According to the...