根据Mistoria集团的讯息，过去两年英国学生宿舍投资激增，显示了很大的发展空间。2013年，英国这部分的总投资超20亿英镑。

自2011年以来，英国学生宿舍的表现要优于所有其他传统的房产，在投资类地产中增长最为强劲。租金收入和房产价值维持稳定或上升，学生宿舍已经成为最有弹性的投资领域之一。尽管英国经济仍在衰退，结构性供应不足，租金增长前景良好，都成为了学生宿舍类地产发展的主要推动力。

根据第一太平戴维斯报告，2014年前三季度，英格兰西北部学生住房的平均毛租金收益率为13%，远远超过今年英国学生宿舍预期的收益率6.37%。2014年4至6月，英国“购房出租”（buy-to-let）市场的平均收益率仅为6.2%，低于学生住房收益率6至7个百分点。 

Mistoria集团的执行董事Mish Liyanage置评，“学生宿舍是海外投资者的一个长期投资选择，因为需求很可能还将持续。一般来说，学生宿舍的租金要显著高于同城的‘购房出租’类房产的收益率。” 

“更重要的是，英国学生人数还在不断增加，2014年提供了额外3万个大学生名额。根据英国高校招生服务处（UCAS）报告，预期英国今年的高校申请人数将达50万，创历史新高。绝大多数的学生想住在质量优、网络连接好、价格实惠的合租公寓里面。质量越好的学区房越是抢手。”

学生人数呈上升趋势，学生宿舍租金也在上涨，为英国房产投资者提供了更高的收益。一处多人合住（HMO）房产可以提供8％的最低现金收益。而学生宿舍典型的现金收益率是13 ％，包括5％的资本增值。

Liyanage 还认为，未来五年，来英国接受高等教育的国际学生实际人数将增长15％-20％。并且，由于政府对留学生数量并没有设置上限，英国重点大学所在城市将持续出现学生宿舍结构性供应不足，为租金的可持续增长提供了保障。

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Student Housing a Top Performer in UK for Foreign Investors

According to The Mistoria Group, there has been a surge in student housing investment activity in the last two years, and student accommodations is certainly big business in the UK now.  Last year alone saw over £2 billion of investment from UK and overseas investors in this growing property sector.

Since 2011, student accommodation has outperformed all other traditional property assets and has been the strongest growing investment property market in the UK.  It has also continued to be one of the most resilient investment sectors, with rental incomes and property values remaining stable, or increasing.  The attraction of the student accommodation sector has been driven by structural undersupply and positive rental growth year on, despite the economic downturn.
 
The average gross cash rental yields for the student property sector in the North West of England were 13% for the first three quarters of 2014, well ahead of the 6.37%* forecast for average student property yields across the UK, for this year. (*Source: Savills Report: The UK's student housing sector, May 2014).  What's more, the yields are 6-7 per cent higher on average than the buy-to-let market as a whole, which stood at 6.2%* between April and June 2014.

Mish Liyanage, Managing Director of The Mistoria Group comments, "Investing in student accommodation offers overseas investors a long-term investment option, as the property is highly likely to be in constant demand throughout the calendar year.  Typical rents are significantly higher for student properties, than a comparable Buy-to-Let property in the same city.
 
"What's more, the domestic student population is continuing to expand, with an extra 30,000 university places offered in 2014.  UCAS have reported they are expecting an all-time high of 500,000 applications this year. The vast majority of students want to live in high quality, shared accommodation, with good internet access and affordable bills, so the better quality properties are highly sought after.
 
"Whilst the number of students is rising, so are the costs of rent for student accommodation, providing investors with much higher yields.   A HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) property can provide an 8% minimum cash yield, though we provide a typical 13% cash yield, including 5% capital appreciation.
 
"I believe it is realistic for numbers of international students in higher education to grow by 15%-20% over the next five years.  There is no cap on the number of students who can come to study in the UK and the structural undersupply will continue to remain in all key university cities ensuring excellent sustainable rental growth."