作为全球最大的另类资产管理公司，黑石集团一直在大举押注住宅地产，因为该公司预计住宅供应将出现短缺，并寻求投资于租赁期较短的房地产，以便更快地从不断上涨的租金中获利。该公司于去年11月以8亿英镑的价格收购了2800套住宅，完成了2023年英国最大的住宅交易。Blackstone sold 3,000 residences to the UK's largest private retirement fund for a price of 0.405 billion British pounds (0.518 billion US dollars), becoming one of the largest real estate deals of the year. In a statement released on Tuesday, Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd. (USS) purchased the investment portfolio of these shared ownership units from Sage Homes, an affordable housing provider majority-owned by Blackstone, marking the UK's second-largest residential transaction of the year, after Blackstone agreed earlier to purchase 1,750 residences from Vistry Group Plc for 0.58 billion British pounds.
According to the reports, Blackstone sells 3,000 sets of residences to the UK's largest private retirement fund for 0.405 billion British pounds (0.518 billion US dollars), becoming one of the largest real estate deals of the year.
Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd. (USS) bought the investment portfolio of these shared ownership units from Sage Homes, an affordable housing provider majority-owned by Blackstone, for an undisclosed sum. This is the UK's second-largest residential transaction of the year. Prior to this transaction, Blackstone had agreed to purchase 1,750 residences from Vistry Group Plc for 0.58 billion British pounds.
As the world's largest alternative asset management company, Blackstone Group has been heavily investing in residential real estate as the company expects a shortage of housing supply and seeks investment opportunities in real estate with shorter lease periods to benefit from rising rents. The company completed the UK's largest residential transaction in 2023 with the acquisition of 2,800 residences for 0.8 billion British pounds in November of last year.
This deal with USS may please the UK's new Labour Party government, which has promised to build 1.5 million new homes during its first five years in office. Institutional investors have played a pivotal role in driving the supply of the rental sector in the UK, with private equity firms and retirement funds seeking to capitalize on the housing shortage.
According to the statement, this deal is also the largest shared ownership residential investment portfolio acquisition since the program began in 1990. Shared ownership allows potential buyers to purchase a portion of their home and have the right to buy the rest within a certain period of time.
James Seppala, Blackstone's head of European real estate, said in a statement, "This transaction will enable us to continue investing in Sage Homes to help alleviate structural supply constraints."
