Market Intelligence: Fall 2025 Student Housing Update
With Fall 2025 leasing season wrapping up, it's time to review the state of student housing market fundamentals. An unexpected surge in enrollment growth has lifted optimism in the sector. Meanwhile, supply levels continue to hold well below the previous cycle, serving as another influence on the near-term industry outlook.
Still, as has long been the case within student housing, local university-level fundamentals differ greatly based on local supply/demand themes.
Join RealPage® market experts as they review key industry metrics including pre-lease activity, enrollment trends and adjustments to the RealPage student housing forecast as the Fall 2025 academic year kicks off.
Arben Skivjani serves as a Deputy Chief Economist and Data Scientist for RealPage, Inc. His primary focus is on forecasting and econometric modeling, economic impact studies, reporting and analysis of macroeconomic trends that affect the multifamily industry. Prior to joining RealPage, Arben worked for several government and private sector entities, including the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, Center for Business and Economic Development at the University of Alabama and Camoin Associates in Upstate New York.
Arben is heavily involved in the Dallas/Fort Worth Association for Business Economics where he currently serves as Vice President and is a member the National Association for Business Economics.
Arben holds a master’s degree in economics from The University of Alabama.
Carl Whitaker
Vice President & Chief Economist, RealPage, Inc.Carl Whitaker is RealPage’s Chief Economist, leading the company's team of economists and market analysts. Carl and the Market Intelligence team specialize in analyzing and disseminating economic and market trends for the rental housing industry. He primarily focuses on presenting trends in the rental housing industry to a wide audience, including investors, asset managers, operations professionals and media, among other personas. Carl has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and GlobeSt and is a frequent keynote speaker for industry events. Carl holds degrees from the University of North Texas, including a Master of Science in Applied Geography.
