Dramatic movements in global stock markets typically throw up the salient differences between equity investments and real estate.
Portfolio allocation to real estate has steadily risen since the Global Financial Crisis as investors seek to take advantage of the low correlation between the asset class and equity markets. Volatility in the global markets, in part caused by government monetary and fiscal policies, has increased the attraction of real estate as an investment.
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Economic growth
Equity investments
Foreign exchange and stock markets
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Global stock marekts
Government Intervention
Government monetary and fiscal policies
Increase in cost of debt
Maintaining an attractive spread of real estate yields
Performance of each asset class
Real estate as source of income stream
Real Estate Investments
Real Estate markets
Real estate yields in medium and long term
Real estate yields over other asset class
Reduction in debt availability
Short term stock market volatility
Stock market volatility
Valuation methods