{"id":6812,"date":"2015-09-15T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=39523&lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:22","slug":"big-commercial-organisations-discover-the-student-housing-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/09\/15\/big-commercial-organisations-discover-the-student-housing-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Big commercial organisations discover the student housing market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every summer you read the same news articles about student housing: in many cities there is far too little student accommodation. And student numbers are still expected to rise in the coming ten years. Furthermore, universities are targeting an expanding group of students with their internationalisation policy. More and more students are coming to European universities from all over the world.<\/p>\n\t

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This summer EM <\/em>joined up with Yournalism<\/em>, a platform for investigative journalism, and ten other higher education media to conduct a survey into the student lodging market. The whole dossier is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

General housing market in decline; student housing booming<\/h3>

The student housing market has become more attractive for commercial organisations in recent years. Over the past five years, large investors, property developers and private equity funds have discovered the Dutch student housing market.<\/p>\n

While the general housing market was in crisis, another sector was expanding: the student sector. Between 2003 and 2010, 19,000 student rooms were created and according to current statistics, there will be an additional 16,302 rooms for the period 2011-2016.<\/p>\n