Insights

If I had to draw a line separating a ‘before’ and ‘after’ of UK real estate, it would be early in the 2010s. That feels recent for what is often described as the world’s oldest asset class, but back then the investable universe available to institutions was a slither by both scale and sophistication, to what it has now become.

At Fiera, we see single-family housing as the next frontier for investors in UK real estate, providing access to a segment of residential housing that is not only underpinned by robust market fundamentals but addresses the unprecedented undersupply of homes across the UK.

Josephine Benthall, Sustainable Investing Associate, recently took part in a roundtable hosted by Greengage to discuss social sustainability, in-particular the exploration of investment in communities. The discussion highlighted the ownership and management of assets, social infrastructure, community investment programmes, and the returns and the impacts of where we chose to invest and develop.