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Inside the student housing market

While higher education faces funding and enrollment uncertainties, the student housing supply gap continues to widen with fewer than 50,000 new beds added annually. This enduring demand-supply imbalance offers multifamily developers a distinct market segment with different fundamentals than traditional apartment investments.

included in this trendline
  • 625 student beds underway in high-demand University of Michigan market
  • Why student housing is bucking the transaction freeze
  • The colleges with the strongest preleasing for student housing
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Davide Savenije Editor-in-Chief at Industry Dive.