The national student housing sector recorded its best pre-leasing season ever as of January, according to RealPage Analytics.

Among the core 175 universities RealPage tracks, 49% of beds have been leased for the Fall 2024 academic year. Furthermore, those beds were leased at rents 6.7% higher than the year before.

Those figures edge last year's pre-lease reading of 48.2% – an all-time high then.

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