While it might not feel like it if you're a parent footing the bill, students coming to study in the North East have a better deal than most when it comes to accommodation.
Despite students nationally now facing the highest living costs ever, those coming to Newcastle and Durham to study are bucking the trend, with average monthly rental prices in the student areas decreasing by 7% in the last 12 months.
With around 2.7m students already set to be hit hard in the pocket with spiralling fuel and energy costs, property data and insight platform, Homesearch analysed rental prices in high demand student suburbs across 25 of the UK’s top universities - and the differences are eye-opening.
