Asia-Pac real estate investment tipped to return 5.4% in 2020

Singapore

REAL estate investment in the Asia-Pacific continues to pay off with total returns of 5.4 per cent expected in 2020 amid accommodative macro policies and strong demand especially in the logistics and office sectors, said M&G Real Estate, a global property investor.

The 2020 total return forecasts for logistics and offices are 8.8 per cent and 6.7 per cent respectively.

And that's on an unlevered basis, said Jonathan Hsu, M&G Real Estate head of research Asia. It would be more - 7-8 per cent - if leveraged, said Mr Hsu on Tuesday.

The total returns 2020 forecast fo…