According to our analysis, about 70% of the total long-term return from real estate, listed or unlisted, comes from the usually strong, and largely stable, income return component. In our view, this is a good reason why institutional investors may still wish to consider including real estate in a multi-asset portfolio. In addition, the asset class offers potential for geographical diversification at many levels: regional, national, metropolitan, sub-market and the asset level.
Source : Invesco Real Estate