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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?
    2024/11/08

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    After a short break, Sarah, Dan and Deenie are back with episode 9 of series 2 of Housed: The Shared Living Podcast. Here's what this latest episode covers:

    ICEF Berlin - Dan's takeaways from the event and what feedback he had from his live demo session of the new AI solution for student accommodation operators.

    Why Student Housing Consultancy is now called RESI Consultancy Limited - Dan explains the change of name for his business and what's to come in the future.

    The Labour Government Budget - what were the impacts for the property industry? And our thoughts on the increase in tuition fees and maintenance loans.

    The confirmed rumours about marketplaces charging booking fees - how is this being perceived by operators? And why it is illegal.

    Scams in student accommodation - why we should be protecting vulnerable students and not taking advantage of them.

    Should we talking more about cities like Nottingham where universities and the local authorities are co-ordinating and working together to get everything in the right place and giving a great example to the industry?

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    33 分
  • The Dangerous Headlines Being Used In PBSA, Empowering Women In Property, Differentiating BTR and How We Can Offer More Affordable Housing
    2024/10/25

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    In this week's episode, Dan, Sarah and Deenie discuss:

    🔵 Urban Living Insights Takeaways: Differentiating the BTR product and how technology can support this.
    🔵 The need for the BTR sector to focus on core deliverables and expertise rather than jumping on a trend or being too reactive
    🔵 The use of redevelopment and repurposing of buildings as well as technology and AI to offer more affordable housing
    🔵 Inspiring Women in Property Takeaways: Sarah's stand out moment from the Property Week awards ceremony
    🔵 GSL Conference Takeaways: The session on Women in PBSA which made Dan both emotional and reflective and why he wants to see this topic being built on for next year
    🔵 Information on the women's networking session at The Class Foundation Conference
    🔵 Dangerous headlines - lazy journalism and and miscommunication of data and how it's producing the wrong headlines

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    35 分
  • 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
    2024/10/18

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    Sarah, Deenie and Dan (with his new micrphone!) discuss a wide-range of topics in the shared living sector, sharing their thoughts and opinions on:

    What they learnt from the Howard Kennedy exclusive panel discussion on the future of PBSA and the convergence of shared living
    - The popularity of HMOs for students and importance of looking at the available data on this
    - The need for the PBSA to have a 'PBSA lite’ product to match BTR's affordable offering
    - Is dynamic pricing out of control? Is it fair to charge students who book later a higher price?
    - Cash back and promotions - why does this frustrate Dan, Deenie and Sarah every year?
    - Gen Alpha - are you ready for them? Hear about some key statistics on this future cohort of students. Stop building for Gen Z.
    - The challenge of having the perfect streamlined booking journey, has anyone got this perfected?

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    37 分
  • 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?
    2024/10/11

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    🔵 The Renters' Right Bill - will PBSA be exempt from it and when will we find out? Sarah shares advice from Unipol.
    🔵 The Student Living Monitor from The Class Foundation. What is making students happy and how do we create the perfect living environment for them?
    🔵 Why we need to use marketing comms to reassure students at different stages of the booking cycle
    🔵 The Student Accommodation Survey by Knight Frank and UCAS report: How does PBSA fair?
    🔵 Why brands need to diversify their products for different student cohorts and are we seeing this yet?
    🔵 Is everyone going into third party management? As more operators are moving into third party sector is the market getting over saturated?

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    30 分
  • Are marketplaces collaborators or competitors? Utilising international connections and local vs national marketing strategies
    2024/10/04

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    Here's what the episode covers:
    🟣 TONG's 10th anniversary party - Sarah was invited to attend this event to celebrate the achievements of TONG over the last decade. Hear how TONG adds value to the sector through helping to understand the Chinese market.
    🟣 Utilising international connections - the importance of expanding your knowledge of international students through networking and talking with people working in the industry globally.
    🟣 The importance for operators to have sustainable long term strategies with marketplaces, that aligns with the overall business strategy.
    🟣Are marketplaces collaborators or competitors?
    🟣 Local vs national marketing strategies

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    Each week, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee of The Property Marketing Strategists and Daniel Smith of Student Housing Consultancy will be delving into a wide variety of subjects and asking the questions that aren't often asked. This podcast is for anyone who works in Student Accommodation, BTR, Co-living, Operational Real Estate or Shared Living.

    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are the personal views of the individual hosts.

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    35 分
  • 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?
    2024/09/27

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    This week on Housed, we discuss all the latest news, views and insights from the shared living sectors including BTR, PBSA, coliving, university accommodation, HMOs and later living:

    ▶ Key takeaways from The Urban Living Conference and ICEF Accommodation
    ▶ Why they think the sector needs to talk more about WiFi
    ▶ Do property teams know enough about the specifics of the technology?
    ▶ The rise in popularity of Single Family Housing with sharers - and why it should never be marketed as SFH!
    ▶ Are marketplaces sector agnostic?
    ▶ Did fraudulent bookings in PBSA make an appearance again this season?

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
    www.mystudenthalls.com

    Each week, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee of The Property Marketing Strategists and Daniel Smith of Student Housing Consultancy will be delving into a wide variety of subjects and asking the questions that aren't often asked. This podcast is for anyone who works in Student Accommodation, BTR, Co-living, Operational Real Estate or Shared Living.

    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are the personal views of the individual hosts.

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    36 分
  • Capping numbers of students living in BTR, are all shared living sectors just serviced apartments and looking after the wellbeing of operational staff
    2024/09/20

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    Join Sarah Canning , Deenie Lee , and Dan Smith as they dive into the latest industry trends and discuss key insights from recent conferences in the shared living sector.

    In this episode the team discuss:
    🟣 Dan's key takeaways from the Operational Resi Living Conference by LD Events
    🟣 Do International students know the difference between BTR, co-living and PBSA?
    🟣 The need for operational staff in PBSA buildings to be educated on the whole rental living sector to help with competitor insight
    🟣 How BTR are using models which students and other demographics want - can PBSA learn from this?
    🟣 The increase in neurodivergent students and how the PBSA sector need to support this demographic
    🟣 Do we need to focus on the wellbeing of on-site teams during check-in weekends to reduce burnout?

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UK
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    33 分
  • Is the PBSA sector having an identity crisis?
    2024/09/13

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    In Episode 2 of Season 2 of Housed Sarah, Deenie and Dan share the key takeaways from their recent industry conference visits and discussed some of the other big news in the shared living sector.

    This episode covers:
    🟣 The Bisnow event takeaways: can the sector overcome affordability issues
    🟣 PropTech Connect event: the future of AI in the industry
    🟣 Universities in financial difficulty and what that means for the sector
    🟣 BTR and the role it is playing as a competitor to PBSA...find out what secret the BTR sector is keeping!
    🟣 And should we be changing the language about going to university?

    There are some juicy topics discussed in this episode - so definitely one not to be missed.

    This episode of Housed is sponsored by Miru Visuals - Specialising in creating stunning property videos that make listings stand out from the crowd and add value to brands. Check them out here: Construction Marketing | Miru Visuals | London

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    35 分