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Manager viewpoint: Momentum returning in Europe
As an asset class, residential real estate has become more attractive across Europe. That said, for the majority of current leads, the maxim is “Back to the old markets.” It is important to note European residential real estate markets manifest four cross-border trends at the moment that will influence developments ...
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Go boldly, tread carefully
Investors in residential would do well to consider opportunities globally but, as Gail Moss reports, the picture is very mixed, not least in Asia
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Tightening the screw
Attempts have been made to cool the Chinese residential market, but have investment opportunities been damaged? James Buckley reports
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Running out of steam?
There is no shortage of liquidity in China but how sustainable is the recovery? Al Chalabi considers the issues
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Navigating instability
Supply-side risks and competition from local investors will be important considerations for investors into China and India where development is likely to remain the principal strategy as Milan Khatri and Glyn Nelson report
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Investor viewpoint: Timing is everything
The pension fund for doctors in the North Rhine-region (NAEV) has an alternative portfolio with a heavy bias to real estate diversified beyond Germany and Europe, including Asia.
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Manager viewpoint: Short-term risks persist
Despite heightened risk concerns from potential interest rate hikes in developed economies, credit rating downgrades in Greece and other euro-zone countries, conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, and the economic impacts of natural disasters in the Pacific, we remain confident of the economic outlook in the Asia-Pacific markets, which ...
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Horizons broadening
As China and India continue to power ahead, introducing the REIT framework will help boost transparency and liquidity. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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A class apart
With core in short supply and overpriced, multi-family has become the firm favourite. Other residential sub-sectors are also looking strong, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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The dynamics of expansion
The risk that interest rates will return to the historical -average is the only cloud on an otherwise bright horizon for US real estate, says Randy Mundt
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Diverging markets
The communist legacy in the CEE is passing into history, but the degree to which real estate markets have made the transition to maturity from an investment perspective varies, says Jeremy Birkett-Jones
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Manager viewpoint: The shining example
It is the “comeback of the year”. The hitherto “sick man of Europe” is healthier than ever, and is now top of all real estate investors shopping lists – Germany is “in”. Figures, headlines and surveys point towards a buoyant economy – businesses, manufacturers, Mittlestand, consumers etc. – everyone is ...
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League leaders
Strong economic performance has driven Germany and Nordic markets to the top of investor shopping lists, but those seeking large liquid markets should still be looking at London and Paris, as Gail Moss reports
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MagazineDisequilibrium threatens
Do rising bond yields threaten property yields? If interest rates rise in line with forecasts we will see reverse yield gaps in several European cities, says Sotiris Tsolacos
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Emerging potential
ASian markets A shortage of CPI-based rental indexation and the role played by market authorities in controlling real estate markets make real estate in Asia less potent as an inflation hedge than it is in the west, but only in the short term, as Patrick Lecomte reports
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Fleet of foot
Asset selection Investors can turn inflation to their advantage but they need to implement new -strategies and act quickly, say Martin Eberhardt and Sigrun Lüttringhaus
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MagazineFit for purpose
Asset selection Property can provide an effective hedge against inflation but to do so it must possess key -attributes, as Nick Winsley explains
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Reducing uncertainty
Portfolio listed The predictive power of property securities pricing in forecasting property value movements is examined by Fraser Hughes and Alex Moss
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Who’s your daddy?
Portfolio listed REITs, although increasingly popular among institutional investors, are mostly held by only a few institutional blockholders. So what effect does this clustering have on REIT stock price performance? Dirk Brounen, Nils Kok and David Ling report
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Under the spotlight
Property unit trusts, county council pension plans, and other pension funds have all been able to access UK commercial property exposure via property linked notes (PLNs). While they are not an established feature of the UK commercial investment market it is likely their popularity will grow, says Phil Ljubic
