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Student Housing Rebounding Quickly In a Post-COVID World

The uptick in preleasing is mirrored in investment activity in the sector.

By Lynn Pollack | July 12, 2021 at 07:26 AM

After being hard-hit during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the student housing sector continues a relatively quick rebound, with preleasing activity rising at the highest monthly rate since March of last year. 

According to a new analysis by the National Multifamily Housing Council, preleasing among the RealPage 175 increased 9.4 percentage points in March 2021 and another 9.6 percentage points in April and in May, the three biggest monthly increases since March 2020. And among the Yardi 200, preleasing rates were up 7.8 percentage points to 58.6 percent from March numbers in April.

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