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Credit Suisse Global Real Estate Outlook 2012
Credit Suisse Global Real Estate Outlook 2012
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Global Real Estate Outlook 2012: Attractive yield from income versus weaker growth in rents
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In 2012, economic headwinds are likely to become more challenging, and the performance of global commercial property markets is likely to slow down markedly. Nevertheless, real estate should continue to appeal to investors in a world marked by high cash levels and demand for real assets with yield. The asset class is therefore part of Credit Suisse Global Researchs top ten investment ideas for 2012. We believe that selected stocks of property holding companies and mutual funds with direct market exposure offer value. For specialist investors, we are recommending outright exposure to commercial real estate in Australia, Singapore, China, Germany, France, Canada and selected US and Latin American markets. Direct commercial real estate offers opportunities Many listed risk-related assets among those, real estate equities came under significant selling pressure in the second half of 2011. On the other hand, direct real estate investments held up rather well. Global commercial real estate transaction volumes (including land sales) remained fairly stable in the third quarter of 2011 at about USD 200 billion according to real estate research firm RCA and are up by 27% in a year-on-year comparison (see Figure 1). The USA in particular came increasingly into the focus of real estate investors in 2011 due to less demanding valuations. Figure 1 Commercial real estate investments held up well in Q3 2011
Commercial real estate (incl. land) transaction volume, USD bn 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 M ar 07 Sep 07 Americas M ar 08 Sep 08 EM EA M ar 09 Sep 09 M ar 10 Sep 10 M ar 11 Sep 11
Highlights
Outlook: Higher-yielding assets, such as commercial real estate, remain attractive in the current low interest rate environment, but heightened economic uncertainty poses downside risk. Regional Overview: We are currently favoring direct commercial property in Australia, Singapore, China, Germany, France, Canada and some US and LatAm markets. Real Estate Equities: While further nearterm corrections are probable, we see appealing medium-term buying opportunities in Australia, the USA and Japan.
Valuations of prime commercial properties now appear rich in most markets worldwide as indicated by relatively low rental yields (see Figure 2). But compared with government bonds, prime commercial real estate still offers an attractive rental carry. Moreover, since the interest rate environment will likely remain accommodative for some time to come, we do not expect large movements in global prime commercial property yields in the first half of 2012. Real estate as a higher-yielding asset should therefore continue to attract investors. However, investment volumes are unlikely to increase much from current levels. First, there is little room for further capital value appreciation in most global markets, in our view. Properties in many Asian markets especially are already expensively priced. Second, the global rental market recovery will likely slow down considerably due to the weaker economic outlook (see Figure 3). However, we do not expect a return to broad-based declines in commercial property rents. Construction activity has generally been low in this cycle, especially in many Western markets. And while our base scenario calls for a further slowdown in global economic expansion in 2012, we do not expect renewed recession in Asia and the USA, and
Asia-Pacific
only a mild one in the Eurozone. Overall, we therefore believe that direct commercial real estate will likely continue to offer attractive investment opportunities in 2012 (see the valuation matrix on page 4 for a regional overview). Elevated downside risks require defensive stance However, we are recommending a very defensive stance regarding sectors and markets since major downside risks exist. In the event that the debt crisis in Europe intensifies further and drags the global economy back into recession, commercial real estate as a pro-cyclical asset class should perform poorly as well. However, this fate is shared by many other asset classes, such as commodities and equities, and good diversification of the total investment portfolio is therefore important. Potential spillover effects of balance sheet contractions by financial institutions, especially in Europe, pose another risk. Banks will have to de-leverage in order to meet higher capital requirements. This will likely diminish credit availability for real estate deals an asset class that is very dependent on debt financing. Funding already is scarce in many Western markets for non-prime properties, and credit flows in this segment are likely to dry up further. On the other hand, prime property deals should continue to find financing. Regionally, countries with high current-account deficits and a banking system owned primarily by foreign institutions will likely be affected more negatively, such as parts of Eastern and peripheral Europe. Mixed outlook for indirect real estate investments In the global real estate equity markets, we believe that buying opportunities have opened up after the sell-off in equity markets from a strategic viewpoint. But in the near term, we could see further phases of corrections (see page 3 for detailed discussion). Swiss real estate funds are currently trading at historically high premiums. This raises the risks of premium reductions and negative total returns once interest rates start increasing again. However, this will unlikely occur any time soon. We are therefore taking a Neutral stance toward Swiss Figure 2 Property rental yields are richer, but still attractive
Prime office yields, % 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Paris Hong Kong New York 08 09 10 11 0
real estate funds despite the rich valuations because they have proven to be a good diversifier in times of market uncertainty too. Finally, regarding German open-end real estate funds, we recommend staying on the sidelines until some of the currently closed funds have successfully reopened, which most of them have to do in 2012 in order to avoid liquidation.
Martin Bernhard, martin.bernhard@credit-suisse.com, +41 44 334 83 22
Frankfurt Singapore LA
Source: JLL, Credit Suisse
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In H1 2012, we would focus on Australian, US and Japanese property stocks and underweight European markets. We remain cautious on Asia ex-Australia / Japan.
Global real estate equities have slightly underperformed world stock markets year-to-date (see Figure 5). Asian and emerging-market property stocks have corrected the most relative to local equity markets. On the other hand, Swiss and Australian real estate companies have outperformed by 15.6% and 10.2%, respectively. Swiss property stocks have benefited from their safe-haven status, but are now expensively priced. Further downside risks for many Asian developers Asian ex-Japan/Australia real estate companies appear attractively valued from a net asset value (NAV) perspective (see Figure 7), but also exhibit significant downside risk due to a high share of developers. Developers are more dependent on the economic cycle and the outlook for local housing markets, which has deteriorated considerably in the region in recent months. Hence, while we recognize significant upside potential in the long term, we generally remain cautious toward China, Hong Kong and Singapore property stocks in the next months. We favor Australian REITs due to their attractive dividend yield (above 6% 2012E) and their discounts to NAV. Property stocks in the USA could benefit from better economic data, while Japan offers attractive defensive attributes such as relatively stable property yields.
Dominik Garcia, dominik.garcia@credit-suisse.com, +41 44 334 25 38
Relative performance of real estate equities to local stock market year-to-date (%)
Source: Datastream, Credit Suisse
A verage
+ /- 1 STD
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10/11 Europe ex UK UK
11/11 Japan US
Premium / discount to 2011E NAV Yield spread between prime office and govt bond yields (r.h.s.)
Source: Datastream, PMA, Credit Suisse
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Special topic: Real estate equity and mutual funds Real estate equity instruments include single property company stocks and equity real estate investment trusts (REITs). Real estate equity instruments have the advantage of being liquid and easily accessible to many investors. In return, they are more volatile than direct investments and have a relatively high correlation to overall equity markets in the short to medium term, reducing diversification gains in a portfolio. Real estate equity mutual funds include actively managed physical funds, actively managed equity funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on real estate equity indices. Physical real estate funds are funds that own and manage property portfolios directly, while real estate equity funds invest in listed real estate instruments such as property stocks. Physical real estate funds have a higher correlation to the underlying real estate market, while real estate equity funds and ETFs have characteristics similar to real estate equity instruments. Liquidity issues may arise, depending on the specific legal form of a fund.
Valuation matrix: Outlook over next 6-12+ months Region Rating Submarket1 North America Europe (excluding UK, Switzerland) Positive Neutral USA Germany France Spain Italy UK Switzerland Asia-Pacific Neutral Neutral Positive Japan Singapore Hong Kong Australia Emerging markets Positive China India Brazil Russia Poland Turkey
1 For requests on specific markets, please contact global.realestate@credit-suisse.com Source: Credit Suisse
Office market Positive Neutral Neutral Negative Neutral Neutral Neutral Positive Positive Neutral Positive Positive Negative Positive Neutral Positive Neutral
Retail market Negative Positive Positive Negative Neutral Negative Neutral Neutral Neutral Positive Positive Positive Neutral Positive Neutral Neutral Neutral
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Regional overview for individual markets Europe (excluding Switzerland): Neutral We maintain our Neutral rating for overall European direct commercial real estate, despite significantly increased downside risks due to the lingering sovereign debt crisis. Current large regional differences in performance will likely persist in 2012. Within the major Western European countries, we favor the core retail real estate markets in France and Germany due to their relative defensiveness. In Germany, we believe that especially high-street retail properties in West German cities as well as office properties in Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart should outperform. We remain negative on the commercial real estate sector in Spain and other peripheral European countries due to continued deleveraging of local consumers and possible deflationary macroeconomic adjustments. UK commercial real estate returns are likely to soften markedly due to fading growth in rents (see Figure 9), but should remain positive in H1 2012. Switzerland: Neutral We maintain our optimistic view toward commercial properties in major Swiss cities. But in some peripheral markets, commercial rents could come under pressure in the next quarters due to oversupply. Intervention by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) should keep the monetary environment accommodative for property markets for the time being. The office rental property market has benefited from robust growth in employment in recent years, which kept vacancies low (see Figure 10). In 2012, the economic environment is likely to become more challenging. Elevated construction activity should limit the upside for rents both in the office and retail property sector in the medium term.
Figure 9: Europe Growth in rents for office properties likely to fade in the UK and France
EUR/sqm p.a. 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 -200 Birmingham Madrid West End London Paris CBD Frankfurt Munich Manchester Barcelona Hamburg Paris Df. Rome Berlin Milan YoY, % 24 20 16 12 8 4 0 -4
Figure 10: Switzerland Office vacancies are low so far due to robust economy
in '000 square meters 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
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North America: Positive While the performance is likely to cool down somewhat, we are maintaining our cautiously positive view toward US commercial real estate. The prolonged low interest rate environment is supportive, rental incomes have shown signs of bottoming in many markets and commercial real estate delinquency rates have receded substantially in the past months. However, the near-term upside potential for rents is limited given the anemic labor market recovery. But economic data have started to surprise to the upside again recently. Our favorite sectors are offices and apartments. Regionally, we prefer San Francisco, the Northeast and Texas due to better rental market prospects and would still avoid Miami and the Southwest. The outlook for overall retail real estate remains somewhat dampened since consumer spending will likely remain subdued due to continued deleveraging by households.
Asia-Pacific: Positive Direct commercial real estate in Asia should continue to benefit from low interest rates, but the weaker economic outlook and rich valuations as indicated by low property yields requires a more defensive stance. Initial yields have fallen to historically low levels, especially in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. Within developed Asia, we currently favor the Australian commercial real estate markets. Major Chinese office property markets especially in Beijing are likely to perform robustly as well next year since vacancies have fallen markedly except in Shenzhen (see Figure 12), and current construction pipelines are low compared with those in recent years. Tokyos office rental property market could finally bottom out in H1 2012 after three years of deterioration.
Figure 11: North America Robust performance of US commercial real estate in 2011
Quarterly total return on direct investments in the USA (%, QoQ) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Office Dec 10 Retail M ar 11 Industrial Jun 11 Apartments Sep 11
Figure 12: Asia-Pacific Strong decrease in Beijings prime office vacancy rate
Prime office vacancy rate, % (2 quarters m.a.) 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 01 02 03 04 05 Shanghai 06 07 08 09 10 11 Shenzhen
Beijing
Source: PMA, Credit Suisse
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Emerging markets: Positive Commercial real estate investments in emerging markets offer attractive return prospects for long-term-oriented investors thanks to favorable structural drivers such as superior growth in private consumption. In the near term, selectivity is required due to oversupply in some markets (e.g. in Dubai, India). Latin America is currently our favorite region within the emerging markets due to generally very low vacancy rates in the prime commercial real estate sector. Brazil will likely remain the primary Latin American investment destination in 2012. In Eastern Europe, we expect commercial properties in Poland and the Czech Republic to continue to outperform. A major risk for many Eastern European property markets is some countries dependence on availability of foreign credit (see Figure 13), which will likely be negatively affected by de-leveraging of Western European banks.
Figure 13: Emerging markets Large net foreign debt in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania poses risk in case of bank de-leveraging
Net foreign asset position in % of GDP 50 0 -50 -100 -150 -200
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Russia
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Yield spread2
305 319 278 273 275 265 265 255 521 530 312 284 306 435 301 324 270 344 290 165
1 Prime net initial yield 2 Spread between yields on office property and 10-year government bonds (in basis points) 3 EUR/sq.m./year Source: PMA, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse
Yield spread2
205 265 280 219 236 217 217 178 413 455 260 260 214 480 236 236 319 165
1 Prime net initial yield 2 Spread between yields on retail property and 10-year government bonds (in basis points) 3 EUR/sq.m./year Source: PMA, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse
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Yield spread2
Prime rent3
Retail markets
US average
1 Prime net initial yield 2 Spread between yields on property and 10-year government bonds (in basis points) 3 USD/sq.ft./year; CD/sq.ft./year Source: PMA, Colliers, Credit Suisse
Yield spread2
Prime rent3
Retail markets
Singapore Hong Kong Sydney
1 Prime net initial yield 2 Spread between yields on property and 10-year government bonds (in basis points) 3 USD/sq.ft./month n.a. = not available Source: PMA, CBRE, Credit Suisse
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Yield1(%)
10 10 6 10 8 8 8 10 11 9 9 11 11 6 7 8 11 11 n.a. 12 10 10 10 11 7 8 11 9 11 6 9 11 3 8 8 9 7 9
Prime rent2
42 15 44 38 19 24 20 33 12 15 58 55 42 25 30 15 7 37 16 19 21 30 65 59 28 19 89 29 69 41 15 38 29 21 34 21 36 20
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Sector
Office Industrial Diversified Developer Diversified Office / retail
Rating
HOLD BUY HOLD BUY HOLD BUY BUY HOLD BUY HOLD BUY HOLD BUY BUY BUY HOLD HOLD BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY
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Dominik Garcia Shirley Wong Shirley Wong Shirley Wong Junhao Tan Dominik Garcia Shirley Wong Shirley Wong Irene Chow Wen Chi Yu Shirley Wong Simon Clark Kamran Butt Shirley Wong Simon Clark Simon Clark Irene Chow Irene Chow Shirley Wong Dominik Garcia Simon Clark Simon Clark Satoshi Kobayashi Satoshi Kobayashi Dominik Garcia Irene Chow Simon Clark Irene Chow Shirley Wong Irene Chow Dominik Garcia Irene Chow Dominik Garcia Simon Clark Irene Chow
Ascott Residence Trust ART SP Asian Property Dev. Ayala Land British Land Capitaland Capitamall Trust Cheung Kong China Resources Land City Developments Dexus Property Group Emaar Properties Frasers Centrepoint Goodman Group GPT Group Hang Lung Properties Henderson Land Keppel Land Land Securities Lend Lease Group Mirvac Group Mitsui Fudosan Nippon Building Fund PSP Swiss Property Sino Land Co. Limited Stockland Sun Hung Kai Suntec REIT Swire Pacific Swiss Prime Site The Link REIT Unibail-Rodamco Westfield Group Wharf Holdings AP TB ALI PM BLND LN CAPL SP CT SP 1 HK 1109 HK CIT SP DXS AU EMAAR UH FCT SP GMG AU GPT AU 101 HK 12 HK KPLD SP LAND LN LLC AU MGR AU 8801 JP 8951 JP PSPN SW 83 HK SGP AU 16 HK SUN SP 19 HK SPSN SW 823 HK UL FP WDC AU 4 HK
Developing and emerging Asia Diversified Singapore Hong Kong China Global, focus on Singapore Global Middle East, India Singapore Asia-Pacific, Europe Mainly Australia, Europe Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Singapore, China, Vietnam Great Britain Australia, UK, USA Australia, New Zealand Japan Japan Switzerland Hong Kong Australia, New Zealand Hong Kong Singapore Hong Kong Switzerland Hong Kong Europe Global Hong Kong Office Diversified Residential Developer Diversified Developer Retail Industrial Retail / office Diversified Diversified Developer Office / retail Developer Diversified
Office / residential BUY Office Office Developer Diversified Diversified Retail Office / retail Office / retail Retail / car parks Retail / office Retail Diversified BUY HOLD BUY BUY BUY HOLD BUY HOLD HOLD HOLD BUY HOLD
Source: Bloomberg, IBES/Thomson Reuters, Credit Suisse Equity Research Analysts: Telephone number: Dominik Garcia Simon Clark Kamran Butt +41 44 334 56 33 +61 2 8205 4314 +971 4 362 0124 Regional responsibility: Switzerland, Europe, USA Australia Middle East Equity Research Analysts: Telephone number: Irene Chow Shirley Wong Satoshi Kobayashi +852 28 41 40 36 +65 6212 6072 +81 3 4550 51 18 Regional responsibility: Hong Kong South East Asia Japan
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Imprint Authors Martin Bernhard, CFA Assistant Vice President Global Real Estate Analysis martin.bernhard@credit-suisse.com +41 44 334 83 22 Dominik Garcia Equity Research dominik.garcia@credit-suisse.com +41 44 334 56 33
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BUY HOLD SELL RESTRICTED 47.47% 46.18% 5.48% 0.87%
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