In an era of low interest rates and rising maintenance costs, the benefits of long-income assets within U.K. real estate portfolios are hard to ignore.
Economic uncertainty and plummeting government bond yields have increased the attractiveness of long-income real estate for liability- and cashflow-driven investors in the United Kingdom. Encouragingly, at the same time, opportunities to fund or acquire assets with counterparties of strong credit quality are emerging.
While some companies are reducing their sale-and-leaseback activity, partially due to IFRS accounting changes, many public sector entities are actively seeking new ways to finance real estate development, as well as monetize their existing ownership. These counterparties often have unique requirements, which entail complex structuring. By working bilaterally to achieve these goals, more attractive pricing sho
