Starwood Capital and Urbeo to create €1bn Irish build-to-rent platform

Platform will target standard, as well as social and supported tenancies, across Dublin and other major cities

Investors with €5bn to spend eye up Irish rental sector

While not the panacea to housing crisis, ‘build to rent’ funded by foreign investors has potential to build scale quickly

Taking wider view of pricing is wise

Hong Kong retail rents starting to look oversold

Retail rents in the central business district are showing signs of softening