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UK REITs could turn market liquidity - Deloitte
UK – UK residential Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) will be attractive propositions for institutional investors and could help bring liquidity into the market, according to experts attending an IPD pre-conference meeting in Brighton yesterday.
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MagazineVastly varied
Urbanisation, rising home ownership and ageing populations are strong themes across much of Asia. Another is the huge diversity of performance across the markets of this huge and eclectic continent. These are among the findings of the RICS’s first annual Asian housing market review as Stephen Brown reports
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MagazineEmerging opportunities
Parts of Asia, particularly at the more developed end, have been hit hard by the downturn. Elsewhere, the economic turmoil is throwing up new possibilities, as Kristen Paech reports
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CalPERS’s housing values plummet
UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced yesterday a 35% decline in the market value of its residential real estate portfolio.
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'Flat' review sparks talk over UK housing potential
UK – A government-commissioned report on proposed reforms for UK rented housing has sparked a debate which suggests the country’s top property experts disagree on the best way to help investors tap opportunities in the UK’s residential marketplace.
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Financial stress showing on apartment complex
UNITED STATES- The Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village apartment complex in New York, which is backed financially by pension funds, is going through some financial stress.
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Federal Capital attains $230m in first fundraising
UNITED STATES - Federal Capital Partners has closed its first commingled fund with a capital raisin of $230m (€168.5m) through FCP Fund I.
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Swiss pension funds buy Bern housing land
SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds have increased their real estate investments in Bern, by acquiring residential fields for new development projects.
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Cornerstone gets ready to close hotel bookings
UNITED STATES - Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers is getting ready to close the capital raising on its Cornerstone Hotel Income & Equity Fund II, having persuaded investors to commit $466m (€340.5m) to the fund.
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Swiss funds still favour real estate
SWITZERLAND – Nine out of 10 Swiss pensions funds are indirectly invested in real estate while the majority also directly invest in the market, according to research from real estate investment specialist Sal Oppenheim.
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CalSTRS prepares for market turn
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is investing capital with existing real estate managers so these firms will have capital ready to place in the real estate market when conditions start to improve.
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MagazineThe great resi rebound
Residential REITs are the subject of much institutional investor interest – indeed some pension funds are increasing their positions, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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MagazineREITs take up the melody
Recent falls in the housing market have been spectacular but above average returns keep REITs on top of the pile. And apartment REITs may be set for a bull run.
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Washington State agrees $1.15bn investment
UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has made three commitments in real estate and the tangible asset classes amounting to $1.15bn (€782m).
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Student accommodation contrasts economic slowdown
UK - The UK student accommodation sector is continuing to thrive while most other property sectors feel the pinch in tough economic conditions, according to real estate consultancy group King Sturge.
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ABP extends hotel holdings in key European cities
EUROPE - Europe’s second-largest pension scheme ABP, the Netherland’s huge €215bn public service fund, has expanded its European real estate portfolio with the purchase of six hotels in Paris, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.
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AvalonBay falls short of capital raising goal
UNITED STATES - AvalonBay Communities has raised $333m (€234.2m) of equity for its latest commingled fund, AvalonBay Value Added Fund II – but this is short of the $500m goal established early in the process.
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Kansas PERS moves into senior housing
UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has expanded its real estate strategy into senior housing by making a $35m (€24.6m) commitment to AEW Senior Housing Investors LP.
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Texas Teachers makes $250m gateways commitment
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has approved a $250m (€171.2m) commitment with Westbrook Partners’ latest commingled fund.
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SanFran City and County signs follow-on commitments
UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System is extending its relationship with CapMark Financial Group by approving follow-on real estate commitments worth $62.5m (€43.2m).
