Student Housing

Over the past few years, real estate has been one of the most resilient sectors amid COVID-19-induced headwinds. Despite the rising interest rates, housing demand has remained irrepressible, causing mortgage rates to cross the 7% mark and hover near 23-year highs.  Blackstone: Commercial Real...

Students are locking in their living arrangements as they prepare to return to college campuses this fall. As of June, 86.6% of beds at dedicated off-campus student housing facilities were preleased — a 5.2% increase from May and a 0.4% increase from the same period a year ago, according to...

U.S. college enrollment may have dropped by 3.1 million students, but that hasn’t stopped student housing investors from enjoying the fruits of a record-breaking performance in 2022.  Rising tuition rates that increased revenue by $6.9 billion year over year may be one of the culprits of...

American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE: ACC) is poised to gain market share within the "defensive" REIT space, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  The Analyst Analyst Juan Sanabria upgraded American Campus Communities from Neutral to Buy with a price target lifted...

In a rising rate environment, one rule-of-thumb is that equity REIT business models which can grow accretively will tend to outperform less dynamic peers. On July 22, Canaccord Genuity analyst Ryan Meliker published a comprehensive 83 page report initiating coverage on the residential REIT...

Three REITs specialize in student housing, either on campus, or in close proximity to institutions of higher learning: American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE: ACC), Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EDR) and Campus Crest Communities Inc (NYSE: CCG). Although this asset class is similar to...