2017 Commercial Real Estate Investment Outlook

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

Real estate is one of the largest assets in the world, but it is also synonymous with low liquidity. Tokenization of real estate emerged in the era of real estate 4.0 as technological innovation to counter the low liquidity, long and expensive transaction process, and high entry threshold of the real estate industry. By Fractionalization, tokenization of real estate reduces the required capital that investors need. It is also based on blockchain and smart contract technology, which provides open and transparent information and greatly improves transaction efficiency. However, tokenization also faces the problems of low demand and insignificant economic benefits.

whitePaper | August 29, 2022

Public markets can see huge swings and volatility so it is always a great time to consider expanding your investment portfolio to include alternative asset classes to provide stability. Alternative investments have substantial benefits when there is economic uncertainty and market gains of traditional investments are being wiped out.

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

An increasing number of organisations are looking for insights into their real estate portfolios. In many cases, this quest runs alongside a process of centralising real estate management into one department. But insight into property is not enough: without some context, it’s impossible to identify potential improvements in real estate, implement the focused actions and evaluate the results. Benchmarking against similar organisations using comparable standards is the solution for translating insights into reliable forecasts.

whitePaper | November 3, 2022

Disruption in financial markets is now the norm. Established rules and correlations have not fared well in the years since the Global Financial Crisis. Disruption by its nature implies change, and whether it is positive or welcome change depends on the force in question. There are certainly some investors that would crave a bit of boredom over some of the recent market upheavals.

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 | February 28, 2023

Mid-last year, Elion Partners, LLC (“Elion”) announced further development to Elion Intelligence (“E.I.”), its proprietary technology platform for data-informed real estate investments and operations. This additional enhancement came in the form of Elion’s April 2022 strategic absorption of White Peak Tech, a technology and data consulting company focused on analytics, data engineering, machine learning, and software development. Here, Elion’s Director of Data Science, Jared Stufft, discusses what makes E.I. powerful, how the Elion team is leveraging its capabilities, and how E.I. differentiates the firm as a tech-enabled investment manager.