Student Housing Trends in 2018

As I speak with some of our Student Housing clients we’re seeing many of the changes that Elliot mentions, particularly in the way they market to perspective tenants. In terms of getting a commercial real estate mortgage from the agencies, that’s still the goal for most borrowers unless there’s a heavy lift on the rehab site in which case different types of capital are needed. As commercial real estate mortgage interest rates rise I think we’ll see some of the weaker borrowers in this space have a harder time making deals pencil out and bigger players like Vesper taking down these assets. The more things change the more they stay the same and Cash is still King isn’t really commercial real estate news to anyone in the know.

– Adam Horowitz, Principal of Lever Capital Partners and President of the Real Estate Capital Alliance

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