Housing affordability: Social impact funds to solve the UK puzzle?
Can social impact funds address the UK’s housing crisis and serve pension funds at the same time? Richard Lowe reports
Housing affordability: Are rental caps a bad idea?
Governments across Europe are responding to soaring residential rental prices with regulation. But this has implications for institutional investors, writes Maha Khan Phillips
Housing affordability: The spread of US rental controls
Rent control is gaining momentum in the US, with a number of local governments looking to step in to help make living more affordable. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
Housing affordability: Expensive island
Hong Kong has the world’s most unaffordable housing market and the government is under increasing pressure to do something about it, writes Florence Chong
Housing affordability: Is Australia missing a trick?
The local superannuation fund industry could start funding badly needed affordable housing in Australia. But barriers remain, writes Florence Chong
Housing affordability: First State mover
Australia’s superannuation fund has spotted an opportunity in the affordable housing market. Florence Chong reports
Housing affordability: Japan’s residential surfeit
Rather than having a residential shortage, Japan has more houses than households. Florence Chong reports on a multifamily market boom in 2019
QIA, Ascott's global residential fund adds assets in France, Vietnam
Ascott Serviced Residence Global Fund is investing €132m to buy two asset in the capitals of France and Vietnam
Southwest England regeneration project gets £350m investment from L&G
CBRE GI buys Marmorvej 19-49 residential in Copenhagen from Patrizia
Hines European value-add fund makes €120m BTR acquisition in Italy
CDC Habitat seeds French residential fund with €2.5bn worth of assets
Macquarie raises A$1.1bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund
Allianz buys Spanish residential real estate platform in €251m deal
Matter Real Estate invests in UK affordable housing
Bridges, Resonance and SASC to help deliver UK homeless pilot scheme
Cbus Super, HESTA invest in Australian social housing via NHFIC
