Rising rents are limiting graduate mobility, with new research showing young workers need salaries well above the national average to afford housing in some of the UK's fastest-growing job markets.
Rightmove has revealed Carlisle as the cheapest city to rent outside of London.
Students in cities such as Bristol, Manchester, Durham, and Glasgow are finding it particularly challenging to secure accommodation for the new academic year.
Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the strongest yields, typically smaller single university towns and cities.
AFS said the changes will result in less accommodation choice and higher rents for students.
Fiduciam, the institutionally funded lender to SMEs, provided £19.4m of funding for student accommodation across Europe in the last month.
UK rental guarantor service Housing Hand has revealed details of its new, Depositless renting service.