Essential PBSA Insight & Analysis

Access clear, shareable insight – fast. With five years of comprehensive market data, our Insights and Analysis Tools are a single source of truth for UK PBSA, making analysis and confident decision-making easier.

Used as a shared reference by investors, operators, advisors, and lenders across the PBSA market.

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Evidence-led Intelligence

The Insights & Analysis Tools give you direct access to the most complete PBSA dataset available, streamlining the process of gathering high-quality information from a range of sources.
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Complete PBSA Coverage

Access data covering 100% of UK PBSA, including more than 770,000 beds and 55,000+ tenancy types, giving a full and accurate view of the market.
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Long-term Market Trends

Analyse a decade of demand history alongside five years of projected pipeline data. Combined with weekly-refreshed performance and pricing trends since 2020.
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Operational and Student Insight

Combine live operational data with student experience to understand asset performance.
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Standardised Asset Comparison

Create evidence-based, like-for-like CompSets using a structural standard for every PBSA property.

 

Evidence-led Intelligence

The Insights & Analysis Tools give you direct access to the most complete PBSA dataset available, streamlining the process of gathering high-quality information from a range of sources.

UK location

Complete PBSA Coverage

Access data covering 100% of UK PBSA, including more than 770,000 beds and 55,000+ tenancy types, giving a full and accurate view of the market.

Compound Annual Growth Rate

Long-term Market Trends

Analyse a decade of demand history alongside five years of projected pipeline data. Combined with weekly-refreshed performance and pricing trends since 2020.

More Powerful Insights

Operational and Student Insight

Combine live operational data with student experience to understand asset performance.

Similarity

Standardised Asset Comparison

Create evidence-based, like-for-like CompSets using a structural standard for every PBSA property.

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Support Strategic Planning

Use historical trends to understand market changes and success drivers, and plan for what comes next. 

More Powerful Insights

Strengthen Competitive Analysis

Benchmark your assets against competitors at a city, sub-market and building level to identify gaps, opportunities and areas of over or underperformance.

Simpler and shorter processes

Enable Faster Decisions

Move from data to insight quickly, without manual spreadsheets or complex modelling.

Insights Tool

Support Strategic Planning

Use historical trends to understand market changes and success drivers, and plan for what comes next. 

More Powerful Insights

Strengthen Competitive Analysis

Benchmark your assets against competitors at a city, sub-market and building level to identify gaps, opportunities and areas of over or underperformance.

Simpler and shorter processes

Enable Faster Decisions

Move from data to insight quickly, without manual spreadsheets or complex modelling.

Align teams

Align Teams on One View

Give unlimited users access to the same data, views and outputs, making collaboration, reporting and decision-making simpler.

Price points

Set Smarter Pricing

Use live pricing and incentive data to maintain competitive rates and make tactical adjustments quickly.

Decision-making analytics

Inform Investment Decisions

Support acquisition and disposal decisions with confidence using consistent, market-wide evidence.

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Align Teams on One View

Give unlimited users access to the same data, views and outputs, making collaboration, reporting and decision-making simpler.

Price points

Set Smarter Pricing

Use live pricing and incentive data to maintain competitive rates and make tactical adjustments quickly.

Decision-making analytics

Inform Investment Decisions

Support acquisition and disposal decisions with confidence using consistent, market-wide evidence.

Across the asset lifecycle

Our Raw Data gives you access to a clean and normalised dataset covering all properties, room types, tenancies and student reviews.

Updated weekly, use it to build your own analyses, model scenarios and support decision-making at every stage of the cycle. 
Acquisition & Valuation: Compare the target asset to similar portfolios to support the bid strategy & valuation packs. Asset Management: Track year-on-year performance across rent, incentives, availability, and sentiment. Refinance: Provide hard data and historical context for refinancing. Exit: Prove outperfoming performance using portfolio-wide benchmarks and sentiment.

Across the asset lifecycle

Our tool is built on a clean and normalised dataset covering all properties, room types, tenancies and student reviews.

Updated weekly, use it to build your own analyses, model scenarios and support decision-making at every stage of the cycle. 
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How does it work?

 

Interactive Map

See your assets, and your competitors’, plotted visually across cities and markets.

  • Filter by location, price, facilities, classification and more
  • Use colour coding to group assets of interest by pricing bands, review scores or availability
  • Quickly identify clusters, gaps and outliers at a glance

The map helps turn complex PBSA data into accessible insights your team can use at every level.
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Properties List

Turn your filtered results into a structured list for deeper comparison.

  • View assets side by side
  • Explore key metrics such as price, incentives, availability and ratings
  • Export insights or use them directly in internal discussions

This view is ideal for fast benchmarking and internal reporting.

Analysis

Apply filters and use dynamic charts to understand how your assets are positioned in the market.

  • Benchmark pricing, incentives, availability and review scores
  • Compare performance to competitors nationally, regionally, by city or down to micro-location
  • Support acquisition, disposal and repricing decisions with evidence

The analysis view turns filtered data into insight your stakeholders can act on.
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PropSet Classifier

Use this common framework to compare assets through three objective structural lenses. Build accurate, like-for-like CompSets and identify market opportunities with clarity.

  • Quality (A–E): A composite score based on amenities, age, and verified student reviews, heavily weighted by student sentiment.

  • Price (1–5): A property’s average tenancy price benchmarked within its specific local market to show relative affordability.

  • Location Tag: Strategic categorisation (On-Campus, Near-Campus, City Centre, or Commute) based on proximity to university hubs.

This consistent tagging system removes subjectivity from your analysis, providing the necessary context to interpret asset performance and market gaps with confidence.
Glasgow West End Apartments
Curlew

 

"If we didn't have the tool, it would take us a lot longer to set rents and make proposals for changes to incentives and tenancy lengths."

Kristian Mills, Director, Asset Management – Curlew Capital

 

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Ernest Place social area
Mansion Student

 

"StudentCrowd’s insights tool has allowed us to make faster, more data-driven decisions. It’s saved us significant time and has improved both our pricing and acquisition strategies."

Donna Montagnier, Head of Sales & Customer Relations – Mansion Student

 

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See the Insights Tool in Action

Book a demo to explore the Insights & Analysis Tool and how it can support your investment, research or asset management workflows.

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