Sectors

The residential underwriting reset

As the era of cheap debt fades, investors are relying on income growth, stronger asset selection and more disciplined capital management to drive returns.

Affordable housing or returns: The development equation

The need for affordable accommodation is acute, and an increasing volume of private capital is available to the sector, but making development projects ‘pencil’ remains challenging.

Making the financial case for impact investing

New research from the Multifamily Impact Council and NYU finds multifamily resident services, engagement and sustainability initiatives positively influence NOI, writes Bob Simpson, founder and CEO of the Multifamily Impact Council.

Care homes emerge as Europe’s next growth play

The US has led the way with its ‘continuum-of-care’ model, but established operators are positioning themselves to achieve scale and capture long-term growth in Europe.

Proptech becomes core for multifamily investors

As AI, IoT and connected-building systems become embedded across residential real estate, multifamily owners and operators are increasingly treating proptech as essential infrastructure.

Global residential real estate’s opportunity set broadens

Demographic changes and supply-demand imbalances are leading investors beyond traditional multifamily into diversified living sectors.

Residential sector by the numbers

PERE data shows investors continue to target living sectors in 2026.

Student housing makes the grade

Purpose-built student accommodation offers significant scaling potential across Europe and Asia-Pacific, but operational expertise is becoming critical.

US pioneers SFR, a core living sector

Single-family rental housing is a high-growth sector in the US, but it remains relatively nascent in other markets, despite its long-term institutional potential.

Land banking’s double life

Urban planners have long used public land banks as a public-interest redevelopment tool, but private investors are increasingly seeing a quick pathway to profit.