Rental real estate: 5 cities where investing in a student studio for less than 100,000 euros

While the bac results will be known this Friday, July 4, Maslow.immo identified five cities with affordable investment opportunities in student housing.

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The suspense receives its end for 720 806 registered in the baccalaureate 2025, who will know the results of the events this Friday, July 4. For many of them will then start hunting for student housing in the city where they are admitted in college or prep. A hunting synonymous with galley, rental investment being discouraged by the multiplication of regulations in recent years, such as the management of rents or the rent of rent: “On the month of June alone, when many young graduates are supposed to leave their student accommodation because they have found work in another city, we had 6% less tenant leave compared to last year “deplores Zahir Keekoo, president of Foncia administration of goods. Consequently, in a student city like Lyon, where Foncia manages 30,000 rental housing units, 200 are currently available, that is to say A vacancy rate of only 0.7% ! “We cannot respond to all students’ requests”sighs Zahir Keekoo.

On a country scale, less than a quarter Student housing needs are met, says Maslow.immo. The misfortune of some making the happiness of others, this real estate investment platform conducted a study in order to identify cities where student housing has a strong potential for rental investors. A study based on the evolution of the number of students in the past five years, the average price of a studio of 20 to 25 square meters and the rental tension, which corresponds to the ratio between the number of tenant candidates in a geographic area and the number of rental offers. Maslow.immo only retained the cities where this ratio is greater than 4.

Prices per square meter

Among the other criteria scrutinized by the platform are the reputation of higher education establishments and the living environment, characterized by a lively nightlife, the presence of sports infrastructure, an effective public transport network and a good level of security. Without forgetting the Local employment prospects at the end of studies. For those who want to invest less than 100,000 euros in student housing, here are five cities offering a prospect of profitability of at least 4% to 4.5% : Roubaix, Le Mans, Poitiers, La Roche-sur-Yon and Marseille.

With the exception of the Marseille city, all display an average price per square meter, around the 2,000 euros. At 1,981 euros per square meter in Roubaixit will cost you 44,572 euros to buy a studio of around twenty square meters, which you will have no trouble renting in this city where 40% of the population is under the age of 25 and which has 19 schools and universities. The bill is barely higher at Ledwhich has reinforced in recent years support for higher education. HAS Poitiers50,000 euros are enough to invest in a studio to offer a student from the University, Sciences Po or the School of Design.

Almost 700 euros for 15 m2, the robot portrait of student rental in Paris

Opportunities for primary investors

To barely more expensive, you can invest in La Roche-sur-Yonwhich has set itself the goal of counting 10,000 students in 2025, so that their number has jumped 18% in the past five years. HAS Marseillewe enter another dimension, with more than 50,000 students welcomed each year. But, at 3,459 euros, the average price per square meter remains correct compared to other large metropolises, which allows you to buy a studio for 77,827 euros.

“The attractiveness of cities like Roubaix, Le Mans, Poitiers or Marseille is based on a solid balance between training offer, living environment and local economic dynamism. These territories constitute sustainable investment opportunities in student housing, especially for primary investorsin search of affordable and safe projects ”summarizes Pierre-Emmanuel Jus, deputy director of Maslow.immo.