Real Estate Research
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White papersUK Real Estate: Talking Points October 2024
Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends, using transparent capital and occupational market data points to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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White papersFour-quadrant report
Insight into U.S. commercial real estate opportunities. Impact of economic, political, and investment trends on the four quadrants of real estate.
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White papersGeopolitics and life sciences real estate: The impact on supply chains and the role in creating investment opportunities
Earlier this summer, we made the case that the real estate assets meeting the needs of the life sciences industry in Europe had the potential to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to investors.
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White papersEuropean Residential: Unlocking the housing potential
Over the last decade, the European residential market has undergone a profound transformation. Housing demand has consistently outstripped supply in most geographies, resulting in widespread affordability and availability problems.
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White papersEuropean Hotel Sector: Sustainability is a competitive necessity
Once a competitive advantage, sustainability is now imperative in the European hotel sector. Investors and operators both have responsibilities to be good stewards of the environment and of the communities in which they operate.
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White papersRedevco Targets Opportunities in Retail’s ‘Secular Shift’ with €1.0 bln Pan-European Urban Transformation Investment Pipeline
Retail real estate investment markets in Western Europe have taken a battering in recent years from e-commerce and the Covid pandemic, which have contributed to the hollowing out of oversupplied retail High Streets and hit capital values and rental growth.
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White papersThe continued resilience of U.S. affordable housing
As the real estate investment environment continues to navigate challenges, investors are seeking ways to diversify allocations to affordable housing. Impact investment strategies such as affordable housing have long been known for delivering positive social and environmental changes, however, the economic benefits of U.S. affordable housing remain misunderstood by many investors.
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White papersNavigating Europe’s Data Centre Market
The demand for data and the growth of the data centre market in Europe has been remarkable. Since 2019, the European colocation market has grown at a 24% CAGR, from 1,806MW to 5,833MW by H1 2024.
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White papersIs it prime for picking?
If you were to write down the combination of factors to create the ideal scenario for value-add investing, it would look remarkably similar to what we see in today’s markets. The alignment of deep repricing, intense liquidity pressures, the need to bridge the debt financing gap, a progressive regulatory environment, a reduced supply pipeline, evolving structural mega-trends and the loosening of interest rates have created a distinct opportunity for investors ready and able to deploy capital into real estate.
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White papersREITs: On course for a recovery
The onset of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting cycle is expected to serve as a major catalyst for REITs, boosting valuations as discount rates fall. Historically, REITs have outperformed during similar economic conditions, and sectors with resilient, long-term cash flows are attractive today. Investors seeking real estate exposure should see this period as a compelling opportunity to benefit from REITs’ liquidity and potential for cap rate compression.
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White papersShifting Institutional Property Portfolios: Evolution or Revolution?
The composition of institutional investors’ property portfolios has dramatically changed over the past few decades. This is a reflection of wider societal shifts, given that the property industry plays a key role in accommodating changes to how we live, work and play. In particular, long-term changes from shifting demographics to the adoption of new innovations all have a major influence on investors’ objectives—and in turn potential investment outcomes.
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White papersUnlocking the private debt opportunity: my perspective on opportunity and growth
Private debt is at an exciting stage in its development, with momentum building across various sectors as banks continue to scale back from traditional lending roles.
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White papersAttractive opportunities for diversification with private real estate credit
Historically, the best performing investment vintages have often followed periods of distress and volatility. Commercial real estate has experienced a significant downturn since the Federal Reserve (Fed) started raising interest rates in the spring of 2022. However, in our view, the stage is now set for real estate credit to generate attractive income returns with favorable risk tailwinds.
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White papersTop 3 trends and challenges affecting the life sciences industry
What are the potential consequences for real estate investors?
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White papersMedical outpatient buildings are well-positioned to outperform
Private commercial real estate continues to mature and evolve. In recent years, investors increased exposure to alternative sub-sectors within the asset class that offer unique demand drivers and the potential to outperform core real estate sectors. Healthcare real estate, which includes a diverse set of sub-types including medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) has quickly gained investor interest and for good reason.
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White papersReal Estate House View: United Kingdom - Second half-vear 2024
Economic discourse shifted over the second quarter, following the announcement of an early UK general election on 4 July. Polls were largely suggestive of a landslide victory for Labour. Consequently, the announcement of a Labour win had little impact on financial markets, with sterling, equity markets, and gilt yields broadly unchanged.
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White papersReal Estate House View: Europe - Second half-year 2024
The sharp surge in inflation prompted central banks to implement the most aggressive monetary policy tightening for at least four decades.
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White papersReal Estate House View: Switzerland - Second half-year 2024
The second kev interest rate cut by the SNB in June will enable the downward trend in debt financing costs to continue, although we are not expecting any further cut in interest rates before the end of 2024.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition 2H24: Market momentum
The macroeconomic environment in recent years has been characterized by great volatility. The pandemic and the resulting economic slump were followed by inflation, interest rate hikes and the associated fears of recession as well as geopolitical upheaval, which significantly increased uncertainty in global trading markets.
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White papersEuropean Hotel Sector: Leveraging AI and other technologies to create value
The first step in a value-added investment strategy is finding undervalued or illiquid hotels with good micro locations in attractive markets. The second is creating value through some sort of transformation—brand repositioning, a targeted capex initiative such as expansion or refurbishment or an operational change such as implementation of technology.
