Released on = August 31, 2007, 12:40 pm

Press Release Author = Jimwatson

Industry = Real Estate

Press Release Summary = Students are a key target market for the British buy-to-let
investor with a residential property. Universities are most commonly located in
cities and the city will often have a student suburb or indeed a university
district.

Press Release Body = Students are a key target market for the British buy-to-let
investor with a residential property. Universities are most commonly located in
cities and the city will often have a student suburb or indeed a university
district.

However, if an investor doesn\'t happen to have a property in his portfolio that is
located in the student quarter, he need not worry. The wide variety of personalities
and degree courses means that there is something for everyone property-wise.

As property broker Manchester Student Homes puts it, \"different types of
accommodation meet various student needs\". First year students may be more keen on
being right in the heart of things, surrounded by fellow students and never too far
away from the next party.

For students in the later years of their course - or students in the later years of
life, given an increasing trend for people to return to university - a property in a
quieter suburb might be more preferable.

This is why a Manchester Student Homes spokesperson notes that a lot of students
like the set-up of halls of residence, but there is a \"good mix\" of those who stay
in halls and those who move out after their first year.

Cooper Healey remarked: \"We find that there is generally a pretty good mix for both.
There are lots of students who have lived in hall environments in the first year who
have liked that set-up, the fact that there are a lot of people living in one space,
that there\'s often 24-hour security available and they tend to want to continue with
that in the second year.

\"But there are plenty of students that have had enough of the institutionalised way
of life and want to break out into something more independent.\"

She acknowledged that many students enjoy the fact that everything is laid on for
them in halls, with no bills to worry about. However, she added that many students
want to do things for themselves, \"to strike out into being independent and to think
about how to set up a gas bill, so both of the accommodations meet various student
needs\".

Last year, a survey undertaken by the National Union of Students found that the
average weekly rent for students in 2006 to 2007 is £82, compared to £63 in 2003 to
2004. All in all, rents for student homes have increased by 37 per cent since 2001
to 2002.


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