On 16th January the Canadian Pension Plan announced it had joined an investment  consortium, including the apartment operator Greystar Real Estate Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty, which will partner with the real estate developer SKR to develop, own and then operate a multi-family rental project in São Paulo’s Pinheiros/Rebouças district.

Chile is a country that, since becoming a democracy in the 1990s, has been lauded for its political stability and attractive business environment.

When people think of Argentina, they may not think of urban slums, houses without drinking water or malnourished children living well below the poverty line.

Colombia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery. For the ill informed (or ill intentioned) it carries a legacy of war, and an unbreakable association with narcotics.

Developers in Peru are finding it difficult to find any reason to build affordable homes for the 45% of the population that are unable to afford them but need them desperately.