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
L&G taps UK retirement business for affordable housing arm deal
Pension risk transfer business provides £100m of debt financing
Realstar and QuadReal’s London PRS JV buys £100m apartment complex
Hines European core property fund makes first residential investment
New CBRE GI and Estea JV acquires two apartment buildings in Sweden
UBS Trumbull Property Fund to lower retail and office exposure
Ares and Griffin Real Estate buy Polish housebuilder Murapol
Walton Street raises $1.52bn for follow-up real estate debt fund
Dutch scheme backs ASR core residential fund with €150m
BlackRock European hostel JV buys Dublin hostel from Patron Capital
APG backs Greystar’s Australian multifamily fund with A$350m
