Cautiously Optimistic | Key Real Estate Markets
We round off the week by sharing some industry view points on key real estate markets for 2020. Overall sentiments remain positive but cautious.
Table of Contents
- Real Estate Outlook 2020: The Year UK Real Estate Rebounds?
- ‘Wait and See’ in 2020
- U.S Real Estate Market Outlook 2020
- Low Rates Could Get Even Lower, Senior Central Bankers Warn
- Asia Real Estate Market Outlook
We round off the week by sharing some industry view points on key real estate markets for 2020. Overall sentiments remain positive but cautious. Uncertainty in UK seems to have abated with the recent elections and a clearer path to Brexit has emerged. Institutional Investors continue to be overweight in Australia, particular in the logistics and office sector.
The US real estate market is expected to be resilient with strong capital flows and further rate cuts. According to Bloomberg’s recent data, investors are already pricing in a 60% chance of another interest-rate cut this year by the Fed. Investors should not focus on significant capital value appreciation but start exploring defensive portfolios with steady yields.
What caught our eyes this week
Real Estate Outlook 2020: The Year UK Real Estate Rebounds?
IPE Real Assets – With Brexit closing in with the new Conservative government in power, analysts cheers on the certainty that had been astray for a long while. Despite past lingering fears of Brexit, anticipated large-scale relocation did not happen. ECB also gave commercial property owners something to celebrate this new year by keeping rates “lower for longer”.
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‘Wait and See’ in 2020
The West Australian – Western Australia’s residential property market has gained momentum towards the later half of 2019 and expected to continue its streak through 2020. Driven by outlook of higher consumer confidence and improved housing affordability, As vacancies remains low, we expect sales and rental to rise bringing better returns to home owners.
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U.S Real Estate Market Outlook 2020
CBRE – As the global search for yield continues, investors interest in U.S Real Estate seems to remain strong in 2020. Especially in the commercial and office sector due to the low cost of capital. Interestingly, Analysts expects alternative assets like Seniors Housing & Care appreciate in investment for the year.
Low Rates Could Get Even Lower, Senior Central Bankers Warn
Bloomberg – Bankers predict rate cuts amidst strong market performance, bringing rates even lower. This low interest rate environment seems to hold steady for a longer term, this presents a buying opportunity for property buyers to leverage.
Asia Real Estate Market Outlook
M&G Investments – Positive forecast for Asian Real Estate, thanks to ideal macro policies and good balance of supply and demand. Japan and Australia are expected to outperform in 2020 particularly in the logistics and office sectors. The retail sector remain challenged by structural changes in consumer behaviour.
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