Who wants to be a landlord? Turns out, a lot of people. Private equity, hedge funds and other investors have been raising and setting aside money – as much as $8bn by some estimates – to scoop up individual US homes at low prices and rent them. Last week, Silver Bay Realty Trust, a property investment trust focused exclusively on single-family rentals, was listed. Apartment buildings have already been the purview of institutional investors and real estate investment trusts, but renting individual homes has traditionally been left to the locals.
谁想当房东?很多人。私募股权、对冲基金和其他投资者已筹措并划拨资金(据估计高达80亿美元),到美国抄底购买独立屋并将其出租。专注于单户家庭住宅出租的房地产投资信托基金Silver Bay Realty Trust,上周挂牌上市。公寓楼已经是机构投资者和房地产投资基金的投资对象,但是独立屋的出租业务传统上是留给当地人的。