'Capital' rental growth for student lets above Scotland and Edinburgh average

Well-placed student properties in Edinburgh are giving investors the edge over buy-to-lets throughout most of the UK and Scotland. 

While there's no question over the growing demand for rental properties in general, both experienced by our team on a daily basis and highlighted by recent Savills research, it's once again about location. And here's where Edinburgh comes up trumps: the city's excellent universities continue to attract higher numbers of applicants each year and the majority of students know exactly where they want to live - in the likes of Marchmont, Bruntsfield and Newington. 

The growing demand has lead to an average increase in rent of 3% over the past year, more than four times the figure noted for Scotland overall by BM Solutions. A more detailed review of the areas popular for investment in student flats highlights that even within the growing private rental market  of Edinburgh, properties in those parts of the city are the top performers.  

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