Long Harbour says UK residential real estate is mispriced versus European peers

• Long Harbour flagged a renewed investment case for UK residential real estate as UK assets price off a high cost of capital.
• It argued UK gilt yields embed an outsized risk premium, citing 10-year borrowing costs near 4.8% versus 3.7% in France.
• The analysis said NIESR estimates gilts trade about 140 basis points above levels implied by the UK’s debt burden.
• It pointed to post-pandemic GDP growth of about 6% in the UK versus under 1% in Germany, with UK unemployment at 4.9%.
• Cross-border investment into UK living sectors rose 55% last year, with EUR 22 billion deployed giving the UK 37% of EMEA volumes.

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