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loc8me Acquires Luxury Student Homes, Expanding Liverpool Portfolio

Student lettings agency loc8me has acquired Liverpool-based Luxury Student Homes (LSH), adding more than 1,100 beds to its national portfolio. The acquisition brings 199 student properties under loc8me’s management and increases its Liverpool portfolio from around 400 beds to nearly 1,500.

Following this transaction, Liverpool becomes one of loc8me’s largest regional markets outside the Midlands. The deal takes loc8me’s total portfolio close to 10,000 rooms across 19 university cities.

Luxury Student Homes, co-founded in 2014 by Neil Colquhoun, has developed a portfolio of shared student housing in Liverpool over the past decade. Colquhoun will remain involved in the business for the next five years to support the transition. All 25 staff members, including 10 office-based employees, will join loc8me. No immediate operational changes are planned for landlords or tenants.

The acquisition reflects ongoing consolidation in the student HMO sector, with larger operators increasingly absorbing regional portfolios. This trend is driven by landlords seeking wider management support and compliance capability across multiple university cities.

Liverpool is home to more than 70,000 students across three universities and continues to see sustained demand for private student housing alongside growth in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA).