Residential – Page 136
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Crisis model includes real estate for first time
GLOBAL – A crisis forecasting model developed for banking regulators has included property prices as a key risk factor for the first time.
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MagazineUrban realities
The world’s fastest changing residential real estate markets are in Asia, as Tim Bellman and Shane Taylor report
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Home comfort?
Will European housing markets see signs of stabilisation or is there a squeeze ahead? Monika Bukowska reports
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MagazineSpring clean in progress
Excess supply of housing is working through the system as the sector begins to recover. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports on another lively session at PREA’s spring event
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Chinese investors buy back residential after pricing policy move
CHINA - A group of Chinese investors has acquired a prime serviced residential block in Shanghai from SEB Asset Management (SEBAM)’s Asian property SICAV – the latest deal in a trend for Asian investors to replace capital from European and US pension funds.
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BarCap to sell stake in university housing arm
UK – Barclays Capital is to sell part of University Partnerships Programme (UPP), its on-campus student accommodation manager, in a bid to raise £800m (€933m) for projects that will double the size of its portfolio.
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Munich buy reflects the robustness of residential
GERMANY – An unnamed European institutional investor – understood to be a German pension fund – has acquired a fully rented 274-unit residential block in a Munich suburb for €42.1m.
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US housing recovers – but tax regulations deter foreign investors
UNITED STATES – The residential market in the US is recovering, but foreign investors will not be placed to capitalise on opportunities unless government tax restrictions are lifted.
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Local authority funds urged to invest in housing
UK – A real estate debt specialist has slated UK local authority pension funds for failing to invest in domestic social housing.
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ING REIM steps in to rescue Creed fund
ASIA – ING Real Estate Investment Management has taken over as general partner (GP) at an Asian real estate fund for the second time in 12 months.
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CalPERS takes social action to protect rent rates for lower-income households
UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking to prohibit excessive rent increases and involuntary displacement of low-income households in its US multi-family residential investments.
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UK residential returns outperformed commercial property - IPD
UK – Investment grade residential real estate in the UK has outperformed commercial property in the country over the past three, five and nine years, and delivered a double digit total return of 11% in 2009, according to International Property Databank (IPD).
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Spain tops the losses for IPD European returns
EUROPE – Spain experienced its second consecutive year of negative commercial real estate returns in 2009, while Germany and Switzerland remained relatively stable over the same 12-month period, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Rothschild Realty sees fresh prospects for US housing
UNITED STATES - Rothschild Realty Managers has made a $100m (€74.9m) equity investment with Summit Housing Partners based in Montgomery, Alabama, on the back of renewed confidence in the housing market.
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Ireland’s NAMA takes on property-backed 'bad bank' loans
IRELAND – The Irish government has confirmed its National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), or so-called ‘bad bank’, has started to take €16bn worth of troubled real estate loans on to its books.
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Illinois State to boost real estate holdings by $300m
UNITED STATES - Illinois State Board of Investment has approved plans to invest $300m (€223.1m) in real estate in 2010.
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Pension funds maintain German real estate security
GERMANY – Total returns for German real estate declined for the second consecutive year, but pension funds in the country have continued to focus heavily on their domestic market because it “feels safer”, according to a leading pension fund manager.
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BRIC-built recovery expected - JLL
GLOBAL – The BRIC countries will lead the global real estate market recovery as their economic expansion boosts occupier demand across all sectors and cross-border investment returns, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Arizona Public Safety takes opportunistic strategy in real estate
UNITED STATES - Arizona Public Safety Retirement System intends to make at least two more real estate commitments to commingled funds by investing through a US opportunistic strategy in 2010.
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Hamborner resurrects German listed real estate with Reit move
GERMANY – Hamborner has become the third real estate company in Germany to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT) status, prompting speculation that the country’s REIT may finally start to grow.
