Australia’s major real estate markets have long been considered gateways for investors seeking to diversify their portfolios into Asia Pacific, reap asset appreciation and attain reliable income streams. But numerous recent interest-rate hikes from the Reserve Bank of Australia to tamp down inflation still have some investors on edge.
A tsunami of capital flooded onto America’s shores from China from 2014 to 2018, as flush Chinese developers and institutional investors snatched up landmark properties in gateway cities across the United States.
In the global landscape of residential real estate, one puzzle looms large: rent regulations. Nations grapple with the delicate balance between tenant protection and investor incentives, with none seemingly finding a solution to appease both sides.
Societies around the world, particularly in Asia and parts of Europe, are ageing quickly, due in part to the baby boom generation moving into retirement age, lower fertility rates, higher life expectancies and the imposition of government policies, such as the now abandoned one-child policy in China and restrictive immigration policies in Japan.
Valuation concerns have been top of mind for most property investors for nearly two years. Property appraisals typically are based on a blend of three different valuation methodologies — discounted cashflow analysis, comparable sales and replacement value.
As homeownership became increasingly expensive on the heels of the pandemic and numerous interest-rate hikes, more and more people have turned to renting. What are institutional investors’ main concerns about the multifamily residential sector globally?
Four of Australia’s leading profit-to-member superannuation funds, alongside industry super fund–owned IFM Investors, have announced they are working together to deploy capital into the housing sector to generate long-term risk-adjusted returns to members and increase housing supply.
Global logistics real estate rent growth totalled 6 percent in 2023, underscoring the resilience of logistics real estate fundamentals, according to the Prologis Logistics Rent Index, released in late February.
UniSuper and ISPT have acquired a 280-hectare greenfield logistics development site, named Burra Park, in a 50-50 joint venture. The site is adjacent to the entrance of the new Western Sydney International Airport.