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Why private real estate?

Low correlation to traditional stocks and bonds makes it an effective portfolio diversifier with competitive inflation-hedging income to compliment traditional fixed income. 

Why Franklin Templeton for real estate investing?

For more than 40 years, our management teams bring a clear understanding of market dynamics to real estate investment management, with expertise and scale across property types, geographic regions and risk profiles.

US$81 bn

Real estate assets under management

40+

Years investing in real estate

12

Global locations

Data as of 31/03/2026

The potential benefits of investing in private real estate

Investing in private real estate can offer a combination of income, portfolio diversification, attractive returns and lower volatility, making it an attractive option for investors seeking to build wealth and preserve capital over the long term.

Real Estate Can Provide Strong Current Income vs. Other Investment Vehicles

10-Year Risk and Return (%)

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For 10-year period ended 31/03/2026.

Sources: Franklin Templeton Capital Markets Insights Group, MSCI, Bloomberg, MSCI Private Capital Solutions and Morningstar. Stocks, bonds, publicly traded REITs and global real estate are respectively represented by the MSCI World GR Index, Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index, FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global REITs Index and MSCI Global Private Real Estate Closed-End Fund Index (Unfrozen; USD). NAREIT uses a 12-month dividend yield and Bloomberg uses a yield-to-worst 10-year average calculated on a historical 12-month income return/dividend yield as of Q2 2025. 

For NAREIT All Equity Dividend Yield, please use the dividend Yield on REIT.com.

 https://www.reit.com/data-research/reit-indexes/monthly-index-values-returns 

A useful complement to equities

Private real estate and publicly traded REITs are quite different from an investment standpoint, exhibiting varying levels of volatility and patterns of return. Private real estate has historically offered lower correlation to traditional stocks than publicly traded REITs, making it a more effective portfolio diversifier.

Private Real Estate Publicly Traded REITs
Investor makes a direct investment in property Investor makes indirect investment via shares of a publicly listed real estate company
Property is managed directly or through a third-party property manager Property is operated/managed via that public company
Historically lower volatility than publicly traded REITs Historically higher volatility than private real estate

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Investment risks

Real estate investments should be viewed as a long-term investments with limited liquidity and are suitable only for investors who can afford to risk the loss of all or substantially all of such investment.

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