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Real estate reset: The case for UK property
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Real estate reset: The case for UK property
Sector differences
The graphs below show the cumulative value change on the
MSCI monthly index by main sector, with an LGIM Real Assets
estimate for BTR (build-to-rent residential) where most of the
recent deterioration was a direct result of the scrapping of
multiple dwelling relief in this year’s budget). Yields are
commensurately different, with the expansion in oce yields
compared to other sectors historically aggressive.
Compared to an all-property valuation fall of -25% since June
2022, retail values have fallen -20%, industrial 27%
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and oces
32% with the residential sample within MSCI down around 4%
and a BTR sample around -10%
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Retail
Since values peaked in 2015, they have fallen in 23 of the
last 33 quarters, bottoming at -40% below 2015 peaks
(including events since 2022). Rental values are almost
-20% lower. This repositioning has led to the sector rising
up the ranks in many forecasts thanks to its strong
income returns (6.0%
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) and growth potential, given its
more affordable rental base. We remain more cautious
than consensus, seeing continued risk to the consumer
in the near term, but do recognise opportunities at the
asset level where yields and rents have repriced and
where local demographics support long-term growth.
We feel the most compelling opportunities are in the
supermarket and retail park segments.
Leisure
Leisure now offers an income return of 6.7% from an
equivalent yield of 7.8%. The sector experienced a very
dicult Covid and, although we perceive consumer
expenditure shifting toward experiences from
discretionary purchasers as a long-term trend, the
cost-of-living crisis has also brought challenges.
Going forward, as these risks subside, income growth
on top of generous yields positions the sector well.
Industrial
More extensive views can be found in this paper, but in
short, we see industrial as a repriced sector offering
consistent growth potential for the long term, albeit with
notable segment differences which require careful
navigation. We prefer urban logistics and multi-let
industrials over, say, regional logistics, given different
supply and demand risks – although we think all
industrial segments could outperform the all-property
average over our forecasting horizon.
Residential
As with industrial, multiple segments with different
drivers offer a diversication of income styles within one
sector. We see most growth potential from BtR and
selective purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA),
with ination-linked income streams and the clear social
value upside offered by affordable housing. Despite
lower yields on average, we see the income growth
potential as signicant, potentially supporting
outperforming total returns both over our ve-year
horizon and on a long-term fundamental basis.
Oces
We offered more detailed thoughts in this series of blogs,
but in short we see MSCI valuations (reecting an average
of qualities) as near to fair value, given historic repricing,
but with higher quality oces much closer to this
threshold than lower quality oces, which in our view still
do not adequately compensate investors for known risks.
Although there could be some compelling income
streams on offer at generous yields, we still think it
unlikely that institutional investors will pivot towards the
sector while structural growth remains more convictional
in sectors like residential and industrial.
Other alternatives
We explain our approach to global megatrends in this
paper and this lens informs our long-term positioning in
various sectors within real estate and beyond. One eld
which straddles categories is digital infrastructure, in
particular data centres, where clear demand coincides
with a lack of appropriate built infrastructure.
Income styles: long income versus
operational
Yields available from long income investments with
ination linkage corrected sharply in 2022 and remain
generous relative to recent history. This could allow
institutional investors access to secure income streams
at higher yields than corporate equivalents.
At the other end of the risk spectrum, we are seeing more
operational styles in traditional segments like retail and
oces joining self-storage, hotels, student
accommodation and residential. Given the risks of
ination eroding operational income, caution on asset
and operator selection remains paramount here, but
where successful it can offer performance in real terms
and access to niche parts of the real estate market.
9. Source: -28% at their lowest (Feb 2023) but -27% at the end of April 2024
10. Source: MSCI Monthly Digest, April 2024
11. Source: BTR is our estimate of market build-to-rent residential capital value changes which were affected by the announcement
of the cessation of Multiple Dwellings Tax relief in the 2024 Spring Budget.
Capital value change (cumulative), peak to today, main MSCI sectors
Source: MSCI Monthly Digest, April 2024, LGIM Real Assets calculations
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. Past performance is not a guide to the future. The value of an
investment and any income taken from it is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up, you may not get back the
amount you originally invested.
12. Source: MSCI Quarterly Digest, Q1 2024
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All prop Retail Office Industrial BTRMSCI Resi
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Cumulative monthly, July ‘22
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April ’24
Assumptions, opinions and estimates are provided for
illustrative purposes only. There is no guarantee that
any forecasts made will come to pass.
Assumptions, opinions and estimates are provided for illustrative purposes only.
There is no guarantee that any forecasts made will come to pass.