Buying and Renting Student Properties in U.K.?

[Matt Crawford]

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to real estate and am looking for advice or a mentor's tips on the whole process of figuring out whether renting student property in the UK is sustainable and then going forward and acquiring a property. I feel it's a good investment as most houses in the area I'm interested in take between £450 and £800+ a week gross income (around £70-120 per person in houses occupying between 4-7 residents typically). As I'm a novice and therefore would feel extremely naive trusting my own opinion, I'd appreciate any sort of help understanding the numbers and legal sides of the process. Thanks Matt

[Mark Solomon]

Hi Matt,

I'm based in London and have also looked into investing in student lets here in the UK. You might want to take a look at the Property Tribes website which has useful forums for student accommodation and lots of other topics. Not quite as good as BP, but still ... : )