04.09.2012 - UK: Do pension funds hold the keys to housing supply?
Despite ever-growing demand for new housing in the UK, private rental properties have never really captured the imaginations of pension funds and other institutional investors, which have focused their real estate investments on commercial properties. But the government is now attempting to attract more institutional money to the residential sector in order to boost the country’s supply of homes. Last month, Sir Adrian Montague’s report, “Review of the Barriers to Institutional Investment in Private Rented Homes”, suggested the government should clearly identify opportunities in the market, ease affordable housing requirements that can lower returns and alter planning rules to facilitate more development..............................................Full Article: Source
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