"Despite challenging operating conditions with the onset of the COVID pandemic, the Australian student accommodation market is set to record over $3bn in transaction volumes in 2020."

"Operational residential investment (which comprises multifamily, student housing and senior living assets) accounted for 27% of global real estate investment in the first three quarters of 2020, up from just 16% a decade ago."

"Accelerated by the emergence of COVID-19, new ways of living and working throughout Australia are emerging and growing in popularity, at a time when people are increasingly becoming isolated and craving connection."

"India has been fast warming up to the concept of student housing in the last couple of years with several developers and investors keeping a close eye on the segment. However, the ongoing pandemic has raised some existential questions"