SCHOLARS QUARTER
JEWELLERY QUARTER, BIRMINGHAM
Prices from £235,000
UP TO 6% YIELD
1 and 2 bed Homes Available
999 Year Leasehold
Birmingham’s most desirable central residential location
UK INVESTMENT PROPERTY OVERVIEW: SCHOLARS QUARTER
Scholar’s Quarter is a UK investment property opportunity, a collection of 100 apartments in the heart of Birmingham’s vibrant historic district, the Jewellery Quarter. Choose from one and two bedroom apartments across six interconnected buildings with lush-planted private residents’ courtyards and views of the city skyline from the top floors.
The JQ has seen rapid population growth increasing by 103.5% between 2001-2011. Today, 68% of its tenants are aged between 18 and 29. Within the neighbourhood over a third of residents walk to work (compared with a city average of 17%), thus showing its popularity as a desirable place to live for working professionals, close to the CBD. It’s also perfectly placed to capitalise on the post-pandemic changed lifestyle choice of desiring a lesser commute time into the office.
Savills has forecasted Birmingham to have the strongest rental growth of any city in the UK and a capital value increase of 23.5% over the same period.
These figures are underpinned by:
A growing number of corporate relocations to Birmingham including most recently Goldman Sachs and HMRC, the latter alone creating 6,300 professional high earning jobs in the city.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games and its legacy of investment for the city on top of Birmingham’s visitor economy which is worth £5.98bn annually.
HS2 progression, cutting journey times between Birmingham and London to 45 minutes and bringing £724million of investment with it.
Birmingham’s academic reputation; the University of Birmingham is one of the UK’s largest civic universities and most targeted by graduate recruiters. The city is home to five universities in total with a resident student population of 100,000, many of which are foreign students.
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999 Year Leasehold
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UK PROPERTY FOR INVESTMENT: SCHOLARS QUARTER, BIRMINGHAM
Property price growth between 2024-2028; predicted by Savills.
price growth
Rental price growth by 2028 making Birmingham one of the UK’s top performing cities for property investment. (JLL)
rental growth
Growth in GVA by 2033 to £31.8bn according to Oxford Economics.
economic growth
LOCATION
The Jewellery Quarter is one of Birmingham’s top-10 places to live, making Scholars Quarter an attractive property investment opportunity. It’s a vibrant neighbourhood thrumming with cafes, restaurants and retail also within easy walking distance of Birmingham’s main attractions and places of work.
The JQ is a protected area of historical interest and this is reflected in its architecture and streetscapes, a large part of what makes it such a popular place to live. Incredibly, it remains the place where 40% of British jewellery is made, giving it a unique sense of industry.
Savills predicts that Birmingham will be one of the UK’s fastest growing regions forecasting a property price rise of 24% by 2025. Likewise, Birmingham’s growing population, set to hit 1.24million by 2030 is driving demand for quality accommodation in the city, with the advent of HS2 pushing demand further, making Birmingham the epicentre of the UK’s new high-speed network. Hence why, the city remains a top location for investors interested in UK property investment opportunities.
Jewellery Quarter Station
Colmore Business District
Brindley Place
New Street station
Curzon Street (future HS2 station)
TAKE A WALK
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WHY INVEST IN birmingham?
The UK’s second largest city with a population of 1.15million, Birmingham’s property market consistently outperforms the UK average. Property prices are forecast to rise by 19.2% between 2023-2027, an average annual increase of 3.6%.
Following massive investment in its office infrastructure and high speed trainline (HS2), Birmingham has successfully attracted major players out of London including Goldman Sachs, HSBC and more. It also still retains a strong manufacturing presence with key UK companies like Jaguar-Landrover and Cadbury’s headquartered there.
Like Manchester, Birmingham remains an affordable place to live for the majority of its workforce. Regarded as ‘less developed’ than Manchester, competition for city centre apartments is huge.
Rents in the city grew by 11.4% between 2023-2024. According to JLL’s Big Six report, published in Q3 2024: “Supply and demand imbalances in the rental market drives annual rental growth for new build apartments (+10.3%). New build three-bed rental apartments recorded the highest annual rental growth of 12.5%, followed by one-beds at 10% and two-beds at 7.7%.”
Digbeth and the Jewellery Quarter remain the most popular neighbourhoods for property investors looking for medium to long-term capital appreciation. Some of our clients have also made excellent short-term returns on their Birmingham investments in the JQ.
Birmingham has one of the highest population growth rates in the country, further playing into the supply/demand dynamic of its property market – good news for property investment.
