Sectors

Japanese multifamily proves shockproof

The country’s apartment rental sector continues to be popular with foreign investors, even as rising prices compress returns.

Affordable housing’s double-edged investment appeal

Real estate investors are increasingly turning to the affordable housing sector in an attempt to marry social and economic returns.

Investors look east for a taste of luxury housing

Asia-Pacific’s rapidly growing millionaire class is driving huge growth in local luxury property markets.

Residential real estate is marching on as covid hastens change

PERE’s Residential Report 2021 details why the sector is staying strong after an exceptional year.

Why Brookfield wants to bring scale to residential lot banking

With the acquisition of Newland, the Toronto-based manager now has a nationwide platform for residential land and control over 80,000 lots.

Avenue Living sees secondary markets positioned for growth

Covid-19 has brought US multifamily opportunities in secondary markets to the forefront, says David Smith, chief operating officer of Avenue Living Asset Management and chief executive officer of Avenue Living’s US real estate trust

Macquarie sees covid-19 as catalyst for residential’s change

Residential real estate performance has withstood the pandemic. However Macquarie Asset Management’s Dana Gibson and Rod Cornish say the sector will see changes thanks to covid-19 accelerating long-term trends

PATRIZIA on residential’s continued resilience

European residential has proven a robust proposition to fight volatility since the outbreak of the covid-19 crisis, argues PATRIZIA’s Mahdi Mokrane.

Fairfield on multifamily: ‘From cowboys to core’

Multifamily in the US might have been a wild asset class back in the 1970s, but Fairfield’s Greg Pinkalla has seen it become one of the core holdings of US investors today – while still maintaining the flexibility to ‘roll with the punches’.

ICG: ‘New housing needs to be fit for purpose’

There is significant scope to continue funding residential developments in the UK as banks continue to retreat from this space, says Jai Patel, with ample opportunity to prioritize a green agenda.