The rapid devaluation of the Chinese yuan triggered a massive capital outflow of between 700 billion and 1 trillion USD in 2015. And a great deal of this investment capital is going into overseas real estate. In the first half of 2016 alone, Chinese entities invested 16.1 billion USD into overseas real estate. Half of…
In H1 2016, foreign investors spent a total of 5.1 billion USD on apartment properties in the US. Investment into US apartments by foreign buyers has averaged 5.4 billion USD over the past ten years, and so the activity seen in H1 could be considered very healthy. However, it represents a dip in investment compared…
Ever since the historic Brexit vote, property firm Select Property has reportedly seen a 200 percent increase in enquiries about UK real estate from investors based in the GCC (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman). According to global financial advisory firm deVere, there was a 60 percent month-on-month increase in…
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) recently invested 2.45 billion USD into acquiring an office building in Singapore. QIA bought the 43-storey building, Asian Square Tower 1, from US based private equity firm BlackRock. It is the largest single-tower real estate transaction in the Asia Pacific region. The office tower is home to multiple well-known tenants,…
Conflicting reports on investor confidence and preference have emerged following Brexit, with some analysts pointing to the “bargains” available in the UK’s real estate sector and the likelihood that foreign investors will flock to take advantage of these opportunities. However, other analysts highlight the current instability of the UK housing market and the relative attractiveness…
Following the surprising results of the UK’s referendum on EU membership, the value of the British pound plummeted to a 31-year-low against the US dollar. The currency has yet to recover completely, with JP Morgan predicting that the August 4th meeting of the Bank of England will trigger a second major bout of GBP weakness.…
Organisations and individuals in the Middle East have been increasingly investing in India. Their existing investments in the country cover a variety of sectors, including healthcare and technology. And it’s easy enough to see the appeal of India as an investment destination. The country has been experiencing economic growth so rapid that it has surpassed…
Middle Eastern investors remain active in the US real estate market, but are turning their focus away from the traditional investment magnets of Manhattan and Los Angeles to focus on non-mainstream opportunities in gateway and secondary markets, where both the prices and the competition for good opportunities are relatively low. This was recently exemplified by…
GCC investors have continued their steady stream of European real estate acquisitions despite the market destabilisation caused by Brexit and recent terrorist attacks on European soil. Investors from the small, oil-rich nation are focused mainly on hospitality assets in key markets. They have been dubbed “the hottest source of investment funds for the acquisitions of…
Investors from the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, are choosing to increasingly look beyond Africa’s traditionally attractive sectors – including energy and agriculture – to focus on the opportunities available in its property markets, which are characterised by a great deal of volatility, but also the potential for massive returns. The GCC is comprised of…