With interest rates at historically low levels, fixed income investors are on the hunt for investment opportunities with attractive risk/return profiles. Residential real estate debt appears to be one such opportunity in Europe. Risks are modest and returns are alluring. But what type of residential real estate debt instrument to invest in? Loan format, bond format or securitised format? In this Market Insight we compare and contrast the alternative investment opportunities that fixed income investors have when investing in residential real estate debt in Germany, the Netherlands or the United Kingdom.
Market Insight 19-01-2015 Investing in residential real estate debt – but which type?