Glasgow Buy-To-Let Student

Accommodation Investment

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 More Information on UK PBSA Investments

• Investments in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation have been the leading

property investment sector in the UK for 5 years in a row.

• Savills reported in 2015 a total of 74,500 beds were traded at a grand total of
£5.9 billion.

• A commercial real estate company reported in 2017 the total number of PBSA
bed spaces was a record breaking 602,000.

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 Glasgow’s Population

• Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city, making up 33% of Scotland's population, and

the fourth largest UK city by population.

• It has been one of the UK's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America
and the West Indies since the 18th century, boasting economic advancements in
marine engineering, textiles and chemicals.

Population of Glasgow:
• Greater Glasgow - 1,209,143
• Wider metropolitan area - 1,800,000

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Overall, there is estimated
to be around 133,000
total students attending
universities and colleges
in the Glasgow area and
only 20% have access to a
PBSA.

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• This means that there is a potential 80% of students who are
forced to resort to HMO accommodation, which is more often
than not less desirable and of poor quality compared to PBSA.

• Glasgow’s modern and cosmopolitan student population is looking

for housing that is luxury and high specification, which is exactly
what PBSA offers.

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• In 2013, Zoopla announced that Glasgow was the best university
town in the UK for buy-to-let landlords to rent to students.

• Now that PBSA is becoming more well-known and new PBSA

developments are being built across the country, becoming a
hands-on buy-to-let landlord is no longer the best option.

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• Most PBSA investments are fully-managed which means that
management and associated costs are covered by the developer
and a professional property management company.

• Even if you are not a Glasgow resident, you can still profit from a
student accommodation investment in Glasgow.

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• What does this mean for student accommodation investments in
Glasgow? Well, it means that the demand is definitely there.

• These excellent yearly student numbers coupled with the under-

supply of student housing in Glasgow means that there is a massive
opportunity for investors who move quickly.

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