Student Housing Pre-Leasing: Fall 2027 Opens at 3.8%, Strongest September in Three Years
RealPage shows Fall 2027 pre-leasing at 3.8% in September; Yardi Matrix put Fall 2026 pre-leasing at 93% in August as leasing-season rent growth slowed to 1.1%.
Student Housing
Purpose-built student housing: pre-leasing pace, rents, turn season, centralized leasing and AI tools.
Student Housing Turn Season: How Operators Plan, Staff and Automate the August Turn
Student housing turns thousands of beds in a few weeks. Operators are shifting work earlier, centralizing tracking and digitizing inspections; all vendor figures are labeled vendor-reported or vendor estimate.
Centralized Leasing in Student Housing: Contact Centers, AI Assistants and Parent Support
Cardinal, Scion and Landmark have centralized parts of leasing. AI now handles most routine inquiries, while specialists take edge cases and parent and guarantor questions.