AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Finance and Governance

whitePaper | December 12, 2022

Private real estate outperformed most sectors globally in 2022, rewarding investors who continued to increase their allocations to the sector over the last decade. However, we expect to see pockets of softness in 2023, including value losses in some markets and sectors. But even as the market slows, opportunities will remain in commercial real estate.

whitePaper | April 21, 2023

For generations, public markets have been the beating heart of capitalism, reaching their zenith in the latter part of 20th Century, when stock markets in Wall Street, the City of London, Hong Kong, and others were the great centers of capital raising, corporate investment and growth.

whitePaper | January 13, 2023

2023 will likely provide important answers to some of the most pressing questions market participants have been contending with for the past 12 (plus) months. Chiefly, in the face of supply chain disruptions, war and a boom in post-lockdown demand, measures of inflation soared to once in a multi-generational level.

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

Subprime financing is on the upswing, and for a lot of people that’s a problem. The mortgage meltdown is widely identified with subprime lending so why should the return of such loans be welcomed?

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

Touchless Lending™ is a reality today for many consumer loan products, including auto, student, and personal loans, but is not for the $4 trillion mortgage origination market1 . Achieving Touchless Lending™ for mortgage is now more important than ever before. Home refinancings and purchases have experienced a significant uplift in activity, and mortgage providers are scrambling to keep up. This has resulted in numerous industry-wide challenges, most notably a shortage in availability of underwriter talent.

whitePaper | March 23, 2022

“The real estate industry is facing numerous challenges ...” — this is often the opening sentence to current articles about the future of the industry. And indeed, the real estate industry is moving more and more into the public eye due to increasing socio-political and regulatory tasks. The tasks range from the creation of affordable living space in the housing industry and the need to adapt development models on the commercial property market to the new workplace models. In addition, those involved in the market must equally deal with the changed view of sustainability criteria, which are now summarized under the abbreviation ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).