The challenge
Agency research is a marketing asset for a transactional business. We are not selling the building, arranging the debt or bidding to manage it. When the honest answer is that a market is oversupplied and the scheme should not proceed, that is the answer in the report.
How it works
We agree the question first. A market report, an asset performance review and a demand study answer very different things, and the most common waste is commissioning the wrong one.
Research then runs on primary sources: supply and pipeline verified at the point of writing rather than pulled from a database refresh, operator and agent conversations, and university or employment data where the sector calls for it.
You get a written report with the data cut-off stated on the first page, a data appendix, and a call to walk through it. Reports are written to be handed to third parties — investment committees, lenders, planning officers — so the methodology is on the page rather than in our heads.
What is included
- Market report — a city or submarket. Existing supply, pipeline, achieved rents, occupancy, operator landscape and the risks nobody puts in the marketing pack.
- Asset performance report — how one building is performing against its market, and the operational reasons why. Leasing velocity, rate, arrears, renewals, opex and the gap between plan and reality.
- Demand & university report — recruitment trends, international mix, nominations landscape, and what a university’s own strategy means for beds in that city.
Who is this for?
One-off
A single question
A single market, asset or question, answered once.
Quarterly
Subscription
The same markets tracked over time, which is where the value compounds.
Annual
Retained
Research capacity on call across a portfolio.
Why RESI Consultancy
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We have sat on the other side of this work. The people delivering it have run the buildings, written the budgets and defended the numbers to owners — which is a different starting point from a framework and a benchmark.
We take no introduction fee or commission from any operator or vendor, and we do not bid for the work we advise on. Any interest that could be perceived as a conflict is declared in writing before an engagement begins.
Outcomes
A number you can put in a paper
Written for investment committees, lenders and planning officers, with the methodology on the page.
An honest answer
We are not selling the building or bidding to manage it. If the market is oversupplied, that is what the report says.
Current data
Supply and pipeline verified at the point of writing, with the cut-off date stated.
Compounding value
On subscription, the same markets tracked over time — which is when the trend becomes visible.
Common questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
How current is the data?
Supply and pipeline data is verified at the point of writing rather than taken from a database refresh cycle, which matters in markets where a single consent changes the picture. Every report states its data cut-off date on the first page.
Can we use the report in a planning application or funding paper?
Yes. Reports are written to be shared with third parties and are regularly used in investment papers, funding submissions and planning evidence. Where a report is intended for planning use, tell us at commissioning so the methodology is set out to the standard a planning officer expects.
Free first conversation
Tell us what is not working.
Most people arrive with a scheme that is not performing, an operator they cannot read, or a board paper due Friday. Any of those is a fine place to start. Thirty minutes, no proposal attached.