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Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee of The Property Marketing Strategists have teamed up with Daniel Smith of Student Housing Consultancy to discuss the latest news, views and insights in the shared living sector.
Each episode they will be delving into a wide variety of subjects and asking the questions which aren't often asked.
This podcast is a must for anyone working in Student Accommodation, BTR, Co-Living, Operational Real Estate or Shared Living.
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Q&A Special: Anti-social behaviour, Is PBSA a Help or a Hindrance? HMO Voids, Millennial parents, Desks in Bedrooms, Fair Usage for Utilities and Tax Chat
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Why Marketplaces aren't just for PBSA, Is Labour Making the Housing Crisis Worse for Renters and What Exactly Is Subscription Living?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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The Amenities Battle - what is BTR without them? The Missing Middle Excluded from Shared Living, Affordable vs affordable, Void Room Innovations and Where are all the University Courses Going?
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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PBSA vs HMOs is the gap getting wider? Is this the year of the re-booker? Why Pricing & Incentives Involves Fighting with Investors, The Sector need to get more Political and why Ops teams are Heroes
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Sector Realism, Rebooking Kicks Off, The Reputation of Renting And Ask the Expert Special on The Renters’ Rights Act - what you can do NOW to prepare
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Kitchens not Gyms Build Real Community, Tech vs Humans - what do tenants want? Keeping Residents 'Sticky' in BTR and Empowering the Next Generation of Real Estate Professionals
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Is Social Media Undervalued in the Sector? Are Investors Getting More Realistic? The Unite Share Price and Have Wellbeing Claims Become a Box-Ticking Exercise? Plus data from Cushman & Wakefield and Native.
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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How Renting Can Innovate Faster Than Sales, Is there really a Student Quota in BTR? Why do we still need Women only Awards? With guest host Brendan Geraghty.
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Living away at University - dangerous headlines, Stigma of HMOs, Drivers in BTR and Co-Living and should the sector be concerned about buying and selling houses getting easier? Plus a BIG announcement!
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The Future of Renting, Irresponsible Market Data (again), Student Financial Struggles and Smarter Rent-Setting Strategies
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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The silver lining void beds can offer, have we cracked the definition of co-living, AI won't wait & Ireland development stalls
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Has the 25/26 season been tough for PBSA? Should void beds be a Plan A? Later living housing targets, Uni mergers, The impact of a new housing secretary. Do more 18 year olds going to uni mean more in student accommodation?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Why London's Student Housing Market Plays by Different Rules - recorded LIVE in partnership with Fusion
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Cultivating Tomorrow's Leaders: Building Bridges Across PBSA featuring Kelly-anne Watson, Romy Levin and Jon Badge
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The Collaboration Revolution in European Student Housing Featuring Kelly-anne Watson and Frank Uffen from The Class Foundation
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Reinforcing Student Accommodation in Europe with special guests Frank Uffen and Kelly-anne Watson from The Class Foundation
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Audience Q&A Special: Is BTR better than PBSA? Is the Uni Resi Experience still Relevant? What do Neurodiverse Residents Need? And Rental Growth vs Ops Budgets.
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Are we failing at training our People? Sales vs Leasing (and which one is right?) Building the 50,000 later living homes needed and we explore AI with The Class Foundation Community Hubs.
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Controversy about Housing Supply, Comparing Glastonbury to Shared Living, Having it all and Why are Affordable Rooms only for University Nominations?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Latest Impacts For Universities and PBSA, The Building Safety Act Process, Viable Options For Later Living, The Coliving vs Studio BTR Terminology Debate PLUS Ask The Expert Feature on the Renters' Rights Bill
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Data-Driven Sustainability in Shared Living: The Utopi Story with special guest Jonathan Burridge
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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How Flexible are Contracts Really? Homeviews BTR Report, The Key Feature not Being Communicated and AI in Planning.
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Beyond 9-to-5: Creating Spaces That Serve 24/7 Lives, Is PBSA less sexy than BTR and coliving? The Highs and Lows of UKREiiF and Will the UK see a Resurgence of International Students?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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The Dangerous Data Driving Student Housing, PBSA Headwinds, Immigration Mixed Messages, Hypermixity and Youth Mobilility
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May 23, 2025 |
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All-inclusive bills: the end of an era? Is entering industry awards worth it? And an exclusive interview about the Housing (Scottish) Bill
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May 16, 2025 |
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Who is responsible for educating tenants? Why are operators changing management companies? Are students using AI to check tenancies and what will happen to PBSA stock in Glasgow in the future?
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May 09, 2025 |
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Are Marketplaces Killing Direct Bookings? Why Laundry Facilities Are a Critical Accommodation Feature, Segregating Students, Twin Rooms and Sector Terminology
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May 02, 2025 |
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Marketplace Challenges, Twin Rooms: The Missing Key to PBSA Affordability? Is dual occupancy really for two people? Why all the single occupancy studios?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Who Represents PBSA? The Flatshare Concept, Living Subscription Models and Ask the Expert on The Building Safety Act
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The Student Loan Scandal, Why Accreditation Matters, Rental Security PLUS Ask the Expert Feature on The Leasehold and Freehold Act
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Investing in the Future of Student Living, HMOs, Market Trends, Student Wellbeing PLUS Ask the Experts feature on the Renters’ Rights Bill
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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A UKREiiF special with guest Matt Christie - what makes this such a great event for the shared living community
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Being Shy About Sales in PBSA, the Gender Pay Gap, The Rental Living Salary Guide 2025, What is Hypermixity?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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What exactly is Single Family Housing and do we consider PBSA a home - and should it contribute to the Labour housing targets?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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50th Episode! Laundry poverty, insights from the latest industry events plus EPC legislation and rent controls
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Live Altitude Special - In Conversation with a global powerhouse panel on the importance of brand and values, frustrations with marketplaces, Women in PBSA, AI, Geo-political outlooks and more.
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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The balance between occupancy and revenue, the role of data analytics, and how the sector is reacting to the Renters' Rights Bill
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Emotional intelligence, multigenerational living and will international students come back? With Guest Host Zafar Bhunnoo
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Find out what students really want from their PBSA booking journey - with special guest Mariel Rubinstein from theEword
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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What will 2025 bring for the shared living sector? We share our predictions and hopes.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Q&A Part 2 - Bonus Episode - solving the housing crisis, third-party management and rising rents, balancing investor returns, what do students really care about, data inconsistencies and how do the Housed team balance work/life?
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Q&A Part 1 - planning consent, uncomfortable truths, design reinvention, the people problem and data.
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The Property Week Student Accommodation Conference: our opinions, takeaways and insights from this year's event
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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What does wider participation mean for accommodation, living black at university, allocation choice and coliving guidelines
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Burnout in PBSA, B-Corp making an impact, (more) misleading figures and creating collaborative opex budgets
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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How to drive change in gender diversity - are men worried about being 'cancelled'? The growing requirements to support wellbeing and is The House of Innovation the answer for the future room?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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The future of the rental product in 5-10 years; repurposing and future proofing buildings, the lack of innovation and is policy and red tape a restriction or an enabler?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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How The Budget may impact the sector, AI in shared living, do students see the value in uni and should marketplaces be charging booking fees?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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The Dangerous Headlines Being Used In PBSA, Empowering Women In Property, Differentiating BTR and How We Can Offer More Affordable Housing
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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The future of PBSA and the convergence of shared living, Is dynamic pricing out of control? Are you ready for Gen Alpha? And having the perfect streamlined booking journey
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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How will the Renter's Right Bill affect PBSA? Is everyone getting involved in third-party management? And are students really getting value for money from their accommodation?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Are marketplaces collaborators or competitors? Utilising international connections and local vs national marketing strategies
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Where are all the CTOs? Do we really understand PropTech? The appeal of single-family housing (without amenities)? And have we got lazy about promoting Wi-Fi?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Capping numbers of students living in BTR, are all shared living sectors just serviced apartments and looking after the wellbeing of operational staff
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Is the PBSA sector having an identity crisis?
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Is Clearing really relevant for PBSA, what's shifted this year and long-term strategies
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The Importance of Data in Student Accommodation - Paul Humphreys and Tuely Robins of StudentCrowd
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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UCAS: more than just an application body a summer series episode with Stephen Cleal
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Later Living - the sexy part of the property sector with Honor Barratt
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Student Accommodation Podcast Summit
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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International Students Collaboration with ICEF - challenging stereotypes, learning from other countries, affordability and changing study patterns
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Hannah Chappatte from Hybr on Fundraising, Female Founders and Innovating the Student Accommodation Sector
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Incentives v Price Reductions, Marketing Budget Lines and Cohousing Communities
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Build to Rent vs Build to Sell, General Election, ESG and Fire Safety and AI in the Shared Living Sector
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Students Being Better Prepared For Uni Life, Data on Renters and Homelessness - will SFH be the saviour? And shared learnings from all Operational Real Estate sectors
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Budgeting, Video Content for B2B Marketing and UG Data
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Property Ownership vs. Rental Living, Increasing Maintenance Loans and Third-party Management Fees
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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University League Tables, Purpose-Built Rentals and Single Family Housing and Fractional Support vs Consultancy vs Advisory
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Resident Brand Ambassadors, Strategic Planning and Budgeting and Election Season Insights
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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What does the future look like for investors, developers and operators?, UKREiiF, Investors vs customers, The amenities arms race and The MAC Report
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May 24, 2024 |
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Managing Data, Industry Awards, Pricing and Budgeting and Product Diversity
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May 17, 2024 |
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A Shift In PBSA, Student Protests And The Conference Season
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May 10, 2024 |
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Marketing and Brand Management in the Shared Living Sector
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May 03, 2024 |
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Is There Really a Shortage of Student Accommodation? And What Does Stacking Up Really Mean?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Market Research, Effective Management, Emerging Trends and Tech Innovation
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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PBSA from an international student perspective, Social Spaces Inspired by Co-working and Trends in Planning Approvals
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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MIPIM, The COM1 Marketing Conference and legislative measures around student tenancy lengths
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Single Family Housing, Generational Shared Living and Allocating Residents in Communal Living
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Effective LinkedIn marketing, the popularity of HMOs and the Amber fundraise
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Property Marketing Trends, Mixed-Used Schemes and Affordable vs affordable
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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The big events of 2024, degree apprenticeships, sustainability targets and are studios really coliving?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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International students, refurbishing, lobbying and hospitality
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The impact of universities being in financial difficulty, diversity and inclusion in the shared living sectors and how students engage with marketing
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Cop 28, Later Living and fraudulent international bookings
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Feb 07, 2024 |