With global economies slowing against the backdrop of ongoing trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, DC, leading Asia Pacific institutional property investors are eyeing closely the response from the world’s major central banks, especially the Federal Reserve.
One of the most exciting developments is the application of AI for commercial real estate investments, which our industry is on the cusp of leveraging to transform the way we identify risk and opportunity, and invest in and manage commercial real estate portfolios.
An up market must come down, which can leave unprepared investors vulnerable. What needs to be on investors’ radar to help them grapple with these more-turbulent economic and geopolitical times?
Commercial real estate markets in Asia Pacific delivered strong total returns for investors in recent years. JLL expects Asia Pacific real estate to remain attractive to international investors and total returns in most markets to remain relatively steady in the next three years.
Risk. It’s been defined by some as the fact that more things can happen than will happen. It’s also been equated to degrees of uncertainty, although some would argue that uncertainty and risk are not the same thing.
It was only a short 10 years ago that real estate investors and managers were sorting through the wreckage caused by the global financial crisis. Fast forward to today, and the global real estate industry has reached new heights, riding a wave of unprecedented economic expansion in some regions.
While the global property sector was down slightly in July (by 0.5 percent) on further signs of flattening global growth, Asia Pacific property stocks had a tougher month, down 3.1 percent, as the region was led lower by tensions in Hong Kong and moves by China’s politburo to limit the property sector’s role as a potential economic stimulus tool.
While the global property sector was down slightly in July (by 0.5 percent) on further signs of flattening global growth, Asia Pacific property stocks had a tougher month, down 3.1 percent, as the region was led lower by tensions in Hong Kong and moves by China’s politburo to limit the property sector’s role as a potential economic stimulus tool.