Navigating Student Housing in 2025
2025 has been the year of not taking anything for granted in student housing.
17 December 2025
There’s noise in the headlines, nuance in the data, and if you know where to look opportunity in the fundamentals. Katie O’Neill speaks to Knight Frank's Head of Student Housing Capital Markets, Merelina Sykes, and Head of Student Housing Valuations, Neil Armstrong. She asks; how are investors navigating the current investment landscape? What’s really happening with rental growth, and how is it shaping occupancy? And importantly, what does the student think?
