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Despite challenges for multifamily, spring leasing activity has been strong, says Yardi Matrix director of research Paul Fiorilla

Multifamily residential in Europe must evolve to meet the structural changes in demand that have been accelerated by the pandemic. Technology will be key to this, says Pictet’s Zsolt Kohalmi

With strong population growth, low sovereign debt and robust welfare systems, NREP’s Claus Mathisen explains why the Nordic living sector offers investors a resilient opportunity in the pandemic crisis

Nuveen Real Estate’s head of European housing Andrew Friend says covid-19 has prompted a re-think in that region.

Housing investment in attractive European cities remains healthy despite the pandemic because it offers investors diversification and attractive bond-like income, argues PATRIZIA’s Mahdi Mokrane

The economic fallout from covid-19 has stoked fears of a liquidity crisis in US commercial property lending.

The ranking’s net investing almost halved in the last 12 months. Restrictions imposed by covid-19 will only further reduce its ability to place capital, writes Simon Mallinson, executive managing director of Real Capital Analytics.

It is critical for private real estate equity investors to keep a close eye on what is occurring in the debt capital markets to best understand pricing nowadays, writes Justin Curlow, global head of research & strategy, AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets

The industry would be better served if performance was unbundled from the effects of leverage, argues Joseph L. Pagliari, Jr., clinical professor of real estate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Longer tenures may be more systematic drivers of return than previously thought, writes Will Robson, executive director and global head of real estate solutions research at data provider MSCI.