All Research & Forecasting articles – Page 12
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White papersFrench Residential Market offers opportunities in Paris and beyond
French institutions have a low exposure to their residential sector in comparison to German and Dutch investors in their domestic markets. This offers the opportunity for an increase in residential investments in France given the size of the market.
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White papersThe Decisive Eye: A strategic bulletin on issues and opportunities in European real assets
In this latest issue of the Decisive Eye, we examine Europe’s DIGITAL future: Demographics, Infrastructure & Globalization, and Innovation Themes for Active Long-term investments.
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White papersAsia Real Estate Market Outlook - July 2018
Economic growth is expected to keep pace across the five developed Asia Pacific (APAC) economies in 2018, as the global trade recovery continues to gather momentum — albeit at a slower pace than 2017.
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White papersThe Impact of Crossrail on Property Performance
2018 is proving to be an exciting time for the UK economy as London’s largest infrastructure project, Crossrail is scheduled for completion.
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White papersInnovation Paper 1: Perception, demographics, technology
There are gradual shifts in market conditions that may act as magnetic forces on the distant use, value and investment performance of commercial real estate and infrastructure assets.
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White papersMagnify Asia: Retail
We remain positive on retail in the developed Asia Pacific markets despite headwinds from structural changes in the sector driven by the growth of e-commerce and changing consumer shopping behaviour.
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White papersStrong relative value in Belgium and the Netherlands
Direct property is relatively more attractive in Belgium than in the Netherlands according to our Direct European Real Estate Relative Value Index.
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White papersUp and coming: seizing opportunities in London’s emerging locations
Investors able to spot developing trends and create fit-for-purpose assets in London’s emerging locations could generate enhanced returns.
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White papersIncome to drive real estate returns as yield cycle nears end
The prospect of robust global economic growth in the coming years should prove positive for occupier demand, but could present fresh challenges to real estate investors as interest rates rise around the globe
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White papers“Generation Income” – looking beyond traditional real estate
We describe three alternative real estate asset classes that may cater to investors’ income needs. European hotels are becoming ever more interesting – not least due to rising tourism. US real estate is particularly compelling if one invests outside the major agglomerations. And, finally, global income securities (aka listed real estate) provide a full range of instruments with diverse risk and return characteristics.
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White papersEconomic and Property Market Review: Q1 2018
The UK economy had a reasonably good start to the year.
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White papersGlobal Economic Outlook: More of the same for 2018?
2017 was a surprisingly calm year for the global economy. Despite the economic and geopolitical concerns voiced at the beginning of the year, fears over Brexit, Chinese debt, rising populism across Europe and Trump’s legislative agenda had negligible effect on world growth.
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White papersBrexit offers buying opportunity after temporary set-back
Since the Brexit vote in June 2016, the UK has gone from a macroeconomic outperformer to an underperformer due to the extended uncertainty on the final terms of the separation.
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White papersEurozone Real Estate Outlook: 1H18
Economic growth was strong during 2H17 and for the year as a whole. The year ended well with robust growth of 0.6% in 4Q17. GDP growth reached an exceptional decade high of 2.5% in 2017 and according to survey data, it seems the eurozone economy got off to a good start this year.
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White papersUK Real Estate Outlook: Edition 1H18
The all property total return for UK commercial real estate of 10.3% in 2017 exceeded even the most bullish forecast expectations from the start of the year, and by some margin.
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White papersOpportunity amidst converging returns and shrinking risk premia
In the early months of 2018, economic fundamentals are supportive of another solid year of real estate performance. But monetary conditions are tightening and our central preoccupation persists: how will this affect the risk premium for real estate?
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White papersEurope Real Estate Market Outlook
Economic growth in the Eurozone consistently beat expectations throughout 2017. Following growth of 0.6% in Q3 and 0.7% in Q4, Eurozone GDP reached 2.5% for 2017, well above the ECB’s forecast of 1.7% at the start of the year. This marks the fastest pace of growth since 2007.
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White papersGrand Paris project: beyond the CBD office investment opportunities
Paris is the largest economy amongst the EU28 NUTS 2 level regions and the economic impact of the €26 billion Grand Paris project is expected to generate $29 billion of net new money to the local economic supply chain. This compares favourably to other worldwide infrastructure development projects.
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White papersDiversification: Friend or Foe? What are the Benefits and Costs of Diversification in Real Estate Portfolios?
While the importance of diversification is well known, the answer to the question of exactly how much diversification is appropriate for a real estate portfolio is not necessarily obvious.
