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Folkestone Investor Updates November 2015
- Published November 25, 2015 2:47PM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
24th November 2015
Non-Residential Investment Performance – Best Year Since the GFC
Non-residential real estate has delivered an impressive 12.0% total return in the year to 30 September 2015 – its best performance since the GFC.
According to the PCA/IPD Australian Property Index, which tracks the performance of more than 1,350 non-residential assets worth more than $150 billion, non-residential real estate outperformed equities (-0.7%) and bonds (6.9%) during the past year.
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Real Estate Social Infrastructure Coming of Age
Investors are increasingly turning their attention to real estate social infrastructure sectors such as childcare, seniors housing (manufactured housing, retirement villages and aged care), student accommodation, government premises (police stations, courthouses, etc), medical and health facilities as legitimate investment options.
Much of the real estate media focus is on large office buildings, major shopping centres and infrastructure assets like toll roads and ports. Social infrastructure features solid demand drivers, the evolution of tenants from cottage industry operators and attractive investment characteristics. We expect real estate social infrastructure (both listed and unlisted) to attract more longer-term investment capital and become a viable component of many more real estate investment portfolios.
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Non-Residential Quarterly Performance
A summary of the latest investment performance for non-residential property according to the Property Council/IPD Australia Property Index – September Quarterly Update.
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Company Updates
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