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CBRE PBSA INDEX:TEN YEARS OF STRONG PERFORMANCE
C B R E P B S A I N D E X 2 0 2 0
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T H E C B R E P B S A I N D E X : W H A T A R E W E M E A S U R I N G ?
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After excluding assets that have seen significant capex or have been transacted, the Index sample for Sep-20 climbed to 209 assets valued at £6.8bn (from 193 valued at £6.0bn a year earlier). This covers roughly 58,000 beds. Only “operational” assets are included.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
58,456 Beds[73,788]
209 PBSA assets[256]
£6.804bn value[£8.236bn]
Figures in brackets indicate total sample valued consistently at end September.
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T E N Y E A R S O F P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E : T H E H E A D L I N E S
With total return of 4.9%, PBSAwas the best-
performing asset class in the year to Sep-20, even out-performing
Industrial (4.2%).
PBSA has out-performed the all property average,
and Office and Retail, over one,
five and ten years in absolute terms.
On a risk-adjusted basis,
PBSA returns are double those of the Mainstream
market, thanks to much lower
volatility.
The long term trend of London and Super Prime Regional assets to
out-perform Secondary has become more pronounced.
Some assets that were more reliant on international
students in 2019/20 have
seen occupancy fall more in 2020/21.
HEADLINE PERFORMANCE
PBSA VERSUS MAINSTREAM REAL ESTATE
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T O T A L R E T U R N , P B S A V E R S U S M A I N S T R E A M , S E P - 2 0 1 0 T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
PBSA was the best-performing market in the year to September 2020, and has outperformed the Mainstream market as a whole and Retail and Office specifically over one, five and ten years. Only Industrial has out-performed over the longer time period.
The charts show total return in individual years and over one five and ten years for PBSA, all Mainstream property, and the three largest Mainstream sectors.
Total returns for PBSA were 4.9% in the year to September 2020, outperforming all other sectors. Mainstream returns averaged -3.5%.
While this was the lowest annual return in the 10-year history of the index, this was against a backdrop of wider economic malaise brought on by Covid-19 that caused returns across all asset classes to fall. Indeed, the decline in PBSAreturns, of a little under five percentage points (from 9.6% in the year to September 2019) was lower than the decline seen by mainstream sectors of around six percentage points.
PBSA has outperformed the Mainstream market over one, five and ten years. It has also beaten Retail and Office over the same period. Its five and ten years returns, of 9.4%pa and 10.8%pa are second only to Industrial. Performance has been consistent across individual years; in seven out of ten years, PBSA has ranked either first or second among the four sectors.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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V O L A T I L I T Y A N D C O R R E L A T I O N O F T O T A L R E T U R N , P B S A V E R S U S M A I N S T R E A M , S E P -2 0 1 0 T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
Given much lower volatility of returns, PBSA has produced risk-adjusted returns roughly three times as high as the Mainstream market and twice as high as the closest sector (Industrial). PBSA also offers a degree of diversification from the Mainstream.
The charts show total return, volatility and return per unit of volatility over the last ten years for PBSA and Mainstream property, as well as correlations across all sectors.
Over ten years, PBSA has seen total returns of 10.8%pa, higher than the mainstream property market at 7.5%pa. Returns for PBSA have been more stable than those in the Mainstream; the standard deviation of PBSA total return is 3.3, less than half that of the Mainstream (6.9).
Thus, when adjusting returns for volatility, PBSAoffers returns of 3.3% per unit of standard deviation over the last ten years. This is three times the average risk-adjusted Mainstream return (1.1%pa) and double that for the closest sector, Industrial (1.6%pa).
While PBSA is still positively correlated to the Mainstream, the degree of correlation (roughly 0.5 to 0.7) is lower than that of the Mainstream sectors to each other (0.8 to 0.95) suggesting that PBSA offers something of a diversification benefit.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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All mainstream property
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Retail 0.66 0.94 1.00 0.82 0.80
Office 0.67 0.94 0.82 1.00 0.80
Industrial 0.53 0.87 0.80 0.80 1.00
Correlation of total return, Sep-10 to Sep-20
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C A P I T A L G R O W T H , P B S A V E R S U S M A I N S T R E A M , S E P - 2 0 1 0 T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
The charts show capital growth in individual years and over one five and ten years for PBSA, all Mainstream property, and the three largest Mainstream sectors.
PBSA saw capital values fall by -0.4% in the year to September 2020. This was the first year where capital growth was negative in the ten year history of the index, but the sector proved to be more resilient than mainstream property, where capital values fell by -8.7% (ranging from -0.7% on Industrial to -18.7% on Retail).
PBSA capital growth has exceeded that of the Mainstream market over one, five and ten years. It has also beaten Retail and Office over the same period. Its five and ten years growth rate, of 3.6%pa and 4.3%pa are second only to Industrial (at c6%pa). Performance has been consistent across individual years; in seven out of ten years, PBSA has ranked either first or second among the four sectors.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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PBSA saw the smallest decline in values in the year to September 2020, and has outperformed the Mainstream market as a whole and Retail and Office specifically over one, five and ten years. Only Industrial has out-performed over the longer time period.
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R E N T A L G R O W T H , P B S A V E R S U S M A I N S T R E A M , S E P - 2 0 1 0 T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
The charts show rental growth in individual years and over one five and ten years for PBSA, all Mainstream property, and the three largest Mainstream sectors. (Note: gross rental growth for PBSA and ERV growth for Mainstream)
PBSA saw rental values rise by 1.6% in the year to September 2020, the fifth consecutive year of outperformance against the Mainstream. Only Industrial saw higher growth (at 2.0%) while both Office and Retail saw rental values fall (-2.2% and -8.1% respectively).
PBSA rental growth has exceeded that of the Mainstream market over one, five and ten years. It has beaten Retail and Office over the same period. Its five year growth rate, 3.1%pa, is second only to Industrial (at 3.7%pa), but it has out-performed over ten years.
Performance has been consistent across individual years; in nine out of ten years, PBSAhas ranked first or second of the four sectors, and its worst year is better than Retail’s best. PBSA rental growth is almost zero correlated (0.05) with Mainstream ERV growth, but more strongly correlated with inflation (0.45)
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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PBSA rental growth has outperformed the Mainstream market as a whole and Retail and Office specifically over one, five and ten years. Only Industrial has out-performed over five years (but not ten). It has almost zero correlation with Mainstream rental growth.
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Y I E L D M O V E M E N T , P B S A V E R S U S M A I N S T R E A M , S E P - 2 0 1 0 T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
PBSA’s yield gap over the basket of Mainstream sectors held at around +50bps from 2010-2018 but the last two years have seen it shrink to -20bps in 2020. Within PBSA, yields have compressed in London and Super Prime and Prime Regional over the decade.
The charts show PBSA and Mainstream initial yield progression over the last ten years, and segment initial yields at Sep-10 and Sep-20.
Yields across all property sectors have largely declined over the decade, though this trend has been bucked over the last two years by Retail, where yields have risen 140bps. Coupled with the levelling off of Office and Industrial yields, the yield premium that PBSA offered over the basket of Mainstream sectors has disappeared to the point of having slightly inverted; PBSAyields were -20bps lower than the all property average by September 2020.
At the segment level, yields for PBSA assets across different quality / geography splits at Sep-10 were between c6-7%. By Sep-20, that range had widened to c4-8%. The trend is of alignment with mainstream markets. London PBSA yields are now roughly level with London Office yields, having been nearly 2% higher in 2010, while Super Prime and Prime Regional PBSA yields are similar to M25 and Rest UK Office yields. Secondary PBSA meanwhile, like Retail, has seen yields rise over the ten years.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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DETAILED PERFORMANCE
RELATIVE PERFORMANCE WITHIN PBSA
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P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E , B Y N U M B E R O F B E D S
Source: CBRE Student Index, September 2020.
Total returns for larger PBSA assets (500+ beds) were lower than small to medium-sized assets in the year to September 2020. Over the long term, performance has improved with size, with 500+ beds assets out-performing slightly.
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P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E , L O N D O N A N D R E G I O N A L
London PBSA has out-performed Regional PBSA by c2%pa in the short, medium and long-term. Rental growth in London has been strongest over ten years, but not over one and five. The yield gap has widened from under 50bps in Sep-12 to over 150bps in Sep-20.
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Source: CBRE Student Index, September 2020.
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P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E , R E G I O N A L B Y Q U A L I T Y
Outside of London, PBSA returns have been notably weaker in Secondary locations, under-performing by 3.5%pa over ten years and c7% over one and five years. This is driven by both weaker rental growth and rising yields over the last five years.
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Source: CBRE Student Index, September 2020.
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P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E , A P P L I C A T I O N S T O T O W N
There is a clear pattern of performance whereby towns seeing an increase in student application numbers have out-performed over one, five and ten years. Stronger rental growth has underpinned this, but of late a yield gap has also opened up.
Three charts: TR and components, gross/net rental growth, net initial
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A S S E T L E V E L C A P I T A L G R O W T H
More PBSA assets saw values fall than rise in the year to Sep-20, with a tail of 10% of assets seeing values decline by more than -10%. London and Super Prime Regional assets offered greater resilience against downside at the asset level.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020.
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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S O F A S S E T S R A N K E D B Y C A P I T A L G R O W T H , Y E A R T O S E P - 2 0 2 0
When ranking assets by capital growth, there is a clear tendency for certain characteristics (e.g. London, Applications Up) to appear towards the top and for others (Prime Regional, secondary, Applications Down) towards the bottom.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020.
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Prime Regional Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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<250 beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Super Prime Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Prime Regional Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Secondary Y Y
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London Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Prime Regional Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Secondary Y Y Y Y Y Y
500+ beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
250-500 beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Up Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Down Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Prime Regional Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Secondary Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
500+ beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
250-500 beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
<250 beds Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Up Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Down Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Quality / Location
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P B S A O C C U P A N C Y 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 A N D 2 0 2 0 / 2 1 , R E L I A N C E O N I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D E N T S
Although (for the subset of the sample for which we have data) 2020/21 occupancy is at or above 95% for a majority of assets, a number have seen occupancy fall below 85%, with many of these having been more reliant on international students in 2019/20.
The chart shows the share of beds occupied by international students in the 2019/20 year, against occupancy for the same year and for the 2020/21 year. [Note: this is not analysis of the full sample, it is just for those assets that we have data for].
The comparison shows that occupancy has undoubtedly weakened. In 2019/20, only two assets registered occupancy of under 85%, compared with 26 in 2020/21. That said, many assets have remained resilient; a majority of assets have occupancy at or above 95% in 2020/21.
Many of those assets with weaker occupancy in 2020/21 are those that relied more highly on international students in the prior year; as the shaded area shows, 17 of the 26 assets with vacancy below 85% in 2020/21 had an international occupancy share of over 50% in 2019/20.
Source: CBRE Student Index 2020, CBRE Monthly Index September 2020.
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ASSET CHARACTERISTICS
INCOME, COSTS AND VALUE PER BED
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P B S A O P E R A T I N G S T A T I S T I C S , S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 0
Source: CBRE Debt Map Q3 2020.
Costs show far less variation than gross income; accordingly net income per bed averages 2.5x higher in London than in secondaryassets. With yields also starkly differentiated, average London value per bed is over 5.0x higher than for secondary assets.
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500+ beds 250-500 beds <250 beds London Super Prime Prime Regional Secondary Up Down
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Net Income per bed (lhs) Gross Income per bed (lhs) Capital Value per Bed (rhs)
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T E N Y E A R S O F P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E : T H E H E A D L I N E S
With total return of 4.9%, PBSAwas the best-
performing asset class in the year to Sep-20, even out-performing
Industrial (4.2%).
PBSA has out-performed the all property average,
and Office and Retail, over one,
five and ten years in absolute terms.
On a risk-adjusted basis,
PBSA returns are double those of the Mainstream
market, thanks to much lower
volatility.
The long term trend of London and Super Prime Regional assets to
out-perform Secondary has become more pronounced.
Some assets that were more reliant on international
students in 2019/20 have
seen occupancy fall more in 2020/21.
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T E N Y E A R S O F P B S A P E R F O R M A N C E : T H E D A T A
Unique, ten year data set of operational PBSAreal estate performance.
Full range of performance measures, including gross and net rental growth and yield movement.
Allows more scientific approach to asset appraisal for portfolio management and acquisition.
Enables comparison across real estate and within PBSA sector thanks to categorisation of assets.
Available on subscription, £7,500pa (ex VAT). Contact the CBRE Research team for information.
Contact us
Emily GornallSenior Analyst, UK [email protected]
Dominic SmithSenior Director, UK [email protected]
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