Allocation Strategy

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.

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

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.

Evolving demographic trends are shaping the assets, neighborhoods and strategies residential investors are targeting for long-term performance, writes Andrew Levison, partner and chief investment officer of the Dermot Company.

Institutional capital is redrawing residential strategies as structural shortages, operational intensity and demographic demand reshape the global living sector.

As the real assets industry grows, investors’ sustainability strategies and priorities are diverging along multiple lines.

A domestic housing shortage, home ownership affordability challenges and slowing construction starts are all proving to be tailwinds for investors, explains RMR Group’s Matt Jordan.

An ongoing supply-demand imbalance in the Nordics’ residential sector is set to sustain upward pressure on rents, says CapMan Real Estate’s Mikael Hjorth.

The mid-market residential segment across Europe represents one of the most significant opportunities in real estate today, says Matter Real Estate’s David Christie.

Investors are increasingly turning to stability in US multifamily markets, say American Landmark Apartments’ Andrew Yam and Tom Lubeck.