All Research & Forecasting articles – Page 11
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White papersEuropean Research Monthly Update: May 2017
Investors benefit from attractive loan terms
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White papersConnecting the dots to financial performance
A recent partnership between Principal Real Estate Investors and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) helps lay the groundwork for the industry’s long-term understanding of the link between sustainability, improved financial performance, and value.
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White papersMarket Insights: Office Outlook 2017
The referendum result has significantly changed the outlook for the office market, placing the sector on a different and more uncertain path than the one we had forecast twelve months ago.
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White papersThe liquidity of real estate investments
As in the wider economy, players in the real estate sector tend to think in terms of cycles. In macroeconomics the discussion is of economic cycles, meaning the fluctuations in the degree of utilization of production potential.
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White papersBack to school: An overview of the student-housing sector
Until recently, investing in university student housing was a niche business.
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White papersLGPS pooling: cost saving whilst maintaining performance
Amid an ever sharper focus on cost saving in the real estate industry, investors are pushing for increased transparency to better understand the true costs of investing in the sector.
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White papersEconomic and Property Market Overview: Q1 2017
2017 has started to see the effects of Brexit feed its way through to the UK economy.
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White papersEuropean Research Monthly Update: April 2017
Loan sales maintain attractive non-prime yield spread
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White papersWhat lessons can we learn from the suspension of open-ended retail property funds?
The UK commercial property market delivered a total return of 9.9% p.a. over the five year period to June 2016 (IPD Quarterly Index).
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White papersDoes increased financial market uncertainty strengthen the case for UK property?
2016 threw many challenges at the investment market, as a succession of economic and unexpected political events became harsh realities.
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White papersMarket Insights: Industrial Sector Outlook 2017
The industrial sector was largely undisturbed by the referendum result and enjoyed another strong year of performance.
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White papersBirmingham – a driver of growth in the knowledge-based economy
Birmingham is well-positioned to exploit the change in the role of cities as economic drivers, with demand for space in the office market likely to remain robust.
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White papersValue beyond the gateway markets: Q1 2017
Investors should expand their horizons beyond the usual gateway markets of London, Paris and Berlin, based on our three-step analysis
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White papersAviation Markets: H1 2017
The aviation industry has continued on a very good growth path. Reasons for this include successful efficiency improvement and fleet renewal programmes; the realignment of business models and consolidation processes within the airline industry; and also significant declines in the price of oil since the start of 2015: while the price per barrel recently topped 50 dollars again, oil is currently still cheap in comparison to prices between 2012 and 2014.
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White papersUK Real Estate Outlook: 1H17
The UK economy has been resilient to the political uncertainty following the shock referendum result to leave the EU. In particular, the consumer sector continued to be the driving force behind UK economic growth in the second half of 2016, which delivered 0.6% GDP growth in both 3Q and 4Q.
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White papersEurozone Real Estate Outlook: 1H17
Economic growth in the eurozone remained relatively steady in 2016 and actually ended the year on a strong note despite rising political uncertainties both within the eurozone area and further afield. Growth in the eurozone was relatively broad based, with all countries contributing.
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White papersRebalancing China: Reality, outlook and opportunities in Real Estate
Much has been touted about China rebalancing into a consumer-based economy, and indeed, a quick search of the terms “China consumption” on the internet reveals more than 130 million results.
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White papersGlobal Economic Outlook 2017
2016 has been an eventful year and one that many people will remember as being filled with considerable change and uncertainty.
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White papersReal estate: beating the benchmark blues
During a sustained period of strong performance for real estate assets, an investment strategy based on mimicking the benchmark paid off handsomely. But as we move into an altogether more challenging period, this approach will no longer reap the same rewards, argues Chris Urwin.
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