Property: adviser, joint venture partner and investor

We work in living and regional commercial property. We advise owners on selling or recapitalising portfolios, we take joint venture positions with operators, and our network invests alongside the managers we back.

Student and HMO

In 2025 we advised Condor Properties on the sale of 197 student houses, 997 beds in six university cities, to a joint venture of Brookfield and Student Homes Management. It was Brookfield's first move into UK student HMO and one of the largest student HMO sales in recent years. We know the institutional buyers now looking at this market and what they pay for. Read the Condor case study

Co living

We advised Panacap on raising capital for professionally managed co living homes in Cambridge, operated by Babouris. Read the Panacap case study

Supported and transitional living

Through our joint venture we develop and fund homes for supported and transitional living. Where private capital fits

Regional commercial

Since 2023 our network has invested alongside Seneca Property in regional offices and hotels in Preston, Maidenhead, Guildford, Bristol and Woking, at cash yields on equity of around ten per cent, with one exit already made. Read the Seneca case study

Case studies and guides

Condor Properties: sale of a 997 bed student HMO portfolio

• Panacap: co living capital raise in Cambridge

• Seneca Property: five regional acquisitions and an exit

• Seneca: Premier Inn Preston, bought in 2023 and sold to Epsicap

• Seneca: Woking One, 54,815 sq ft of mixed use space

• How to sell a student HMO portfolio

• What institutional buyers pay for student houses

• The Renters Rights Act and portfolio landlords: sell, hold or grow

• Choosing an HMO portfolio adviser

• Co living in Cambridge: how the model works for investors

• Supported and transitional living: where private capital fits

• Regional offices at ten per cent cash yields

• Recapitalising a property portfolio without selling it

If you own a student or HMO portfolio and would like a free, informal valuation, call James Innes on 020 7850 4760 or email james.innes@chrystalcapital.com.