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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition May 2024: Cautiously optimistic
After more than two years of adjusting to higher interest rates, private market real estate results were mixed during 1Q24, with value declines offset by income in several sectors. Returns for retail and industrial warehouse turned slightly positive. Self-storage returns were flat. Apartments and office buildings experienced negative total returns; though niche segments of the sectors, like medical office, manufactured and student housing outperformed.
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Green premium: Study of New York and London Real Estate finds strong evidence for a ‘green premium’
In 2021, Bill Gates authored How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, a plan for the world to reduce net CO2 emissions and avoid a climate catastrophe. One of the key ideas in his book was that of a ‘green premium’.
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition November 2023: Looking for respite
”Downturns are rare in private commercial real estate, but repricing and reduced buyer pools create opportunities for investors willing to accept more risk today for higher reward during recovery.”
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition September 2022
“We continue to focus our strategies on defensive positioning while economic uncertainties persist. This typically includes marginal movements around strategy targets; less leverage, lower amount of value-add activities, and a focus on increasing occupancy over rent growth in retail and office.”
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition 2 - 2022
Growing economic uncertainty based on weaker consumer sentiment and inflation concerns increases the importance of focusing on durable income growth across real estate sectors, metros, and product types. Continued strong industrial and apartment return performance is anticipated, but at a lower margin than 2021, given interest rate pressures. We expect a deteriorating performance for office and a gradual strengthening in retail performance through 2022.
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Real Estate Outlook – Global, Edition 2 - 2022
As restrictions due to COVID-19 gradually fade away and life returns to pre-pandemic-like conditions, apart from China and Hong Kong where new lockdowns have been imposed, the global economy faces new challenges. The unexpected war in Ukraine has rocked the international order and had a big impact on energy and agricultural markets and on specialist products produced by Russia and Ukraine.
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Seizing opportunities
The pandemic has accelerated demand growth for rental residential, notes Brice Hoffer, with mature and frontier markets each offering compelling opportunities
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Real Estate Outlook – Edition 2, 2022
Global real estate performance remained strong in the first quarter. Investment activity pulled back slightly from the record high at the end of 2021 and the pace of cap rate and yield compression eased. The war in Ukraine is curbing economic growth, boosting inflation and is expected to have a cooling impact on real estate returns.
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Top 3 reasons to invest in real estate
There are many benefits of investing in real estate. With well-chosen assets, investors can enjoy predictable cash flow, strong returns, and diversification amongst other benefits.
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Real Estate Outlook - APAC, Edition 1 - 2022
The economic recovery has been choppy, while inflation has risen across the region. Central banks have moved to tighten policy, but we don’t think this will significantly impair real estate performance. APAC investment activity hit a new record in 2021 and cap rates were flat or fell in the last quarter. Occupier markets were generally healthy and should be buoyed by economic growth in 2022.