Real Estate Investment Outlook
- Author Eugene Vollucci
- Published March 11, 2019
- Word count 416
To try to project the outlook for real estate investments, it is important to see where the US economy is heading after the slowdown. The US economy is still enjoying solid growth. Discounting any major policy mistakes from Trump, it should continue to grow nicely, while at a declining rate.
The US government shutdown was a worrisome event that has not been fully resolved. The White House estimates that a one-month shutdown may detract between 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth for 2019. Given the high costs of the shutdown, we expect a prompt solution for this conflict between the Trump administration and Congress in order to avoid rising policy uncertainty and the potential negative spillover to the real estate investment markets.
The US-China trade conflict that resulted into a full-blown trade war remains the biggest risk for the US. China and the US have started negotiations to resolve the current trade dispute, and the US government has decided to suspend further increases in tariffs on $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods. There are initial signs from both sides that China and the US may find a resolution to avoid a further escalation.
An agreement still requires a high degree of give and take from both parties. This is mainly because the US is demanding that China address issues on technology transfer and intellectual property theft. However, beyond bilateral protectionism, there remains a risk that trade conflicts will escalate, to the extent that it would have adverse effect on the real estate investment developments. Currently, the biggest risk emanates from threats by the US president, Donald Trump, to impose additional tariffs on imports of EU cars
In addition to the trade war, there are many good reasons to believe that the potential value of the US dollar is rather limited. The US is running a twin deficit with a minus of 2.4%, the net international financial position - the value of US assets less the value of US liabilities – stands at -10,000 billion dollars, or at around 60% of nominal GDP, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The US economy is still forecasted to do relatively well, as near-record low unemployment is helping to drive steady wage growth and private consumption, despite the fact that businesses in the US have expressed concern that trade protectionism is raising import costs and weakening their external competitiveness, and the real estate investment markets. Therefore, an agreement about future trade between the US and China is of paramount importance to continue performing well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eugene E. Vollucci, is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on real estate taxation and rental income investing and has authored four books in these fields. He is the Director of the Center for Real Estate Studies, a real estate research organization. To learn more about the Center for Real Estate Studies, please visit our web site at http://www.calstatecompanies.com
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