Austin, Texas — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has released an industry report titled the NKF 2019 Student Housing Market Overview and 2020 Outlook. In 2019, the industry saw a deviation from major portfolio sales to a high transaction volume focused on single-asset sales and mini-portfolios, according to NKF’s findings. Cap rates sustained marginal fluctuations from 2019’s compression, and continued interest from institutional, domestic and international capital promoted greater market scale within the asset class. More than $5.8 billion of capital flowed into the student housing sector in 2019, directed toward the acquisition …
