Is now the time for opportunity in housing finance?

With rising interest rates, increasingly unaffordable rents and the prospect of government legislation that is likely to have unintended consequences for the very renters it is designed to help, the UK housing market is facing serious challenges that are likely to hit the ‘squeezed middle’ of society hardest. The issues that the UK housing market faces can be solved in a way that offers an innovative investment proposition to UK pension schemes and an opportunity to have a positive societal impact, says Allianz Global Investors.