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European Banks eye further real estate loan sale programmes in 2012

CBRE expects to see banks across Europe continue to pursue sales of commercial real estate loans in 2012 as lenders seek to further streamline the process for reducing their exposure to property. In 2011, CBRE recorded the completion of... more...
Wednesday, 22. February 2012

CoreNet: 83% of corporate real estate executives saw pay increase in 2011

An overwhelming majority – 83% – of those who manage corporate real estate (CRE) portfolios saw increases in their base salary in 2011, according to a global compensation study conducted by CoreNet Global and FPL Associates. This... more...
Friday, 10. February 2012

Investor appetite grows as commercial foreclosures keep rising globally

While investor appetite rose dramatically towards the end of 2011, the level of distressed properties* coming to the market is set to keep on rising globally, according to RICS. more...
Friday, 10. February 2012

European REITs fill investors’ thirst for dividend yields

High investor demand for dividend yield, against a background of weak equity markets and ultra-low interest rates, can be met by income flows from European listed property companies and particularly REITs, new research from the European... more...
Thursday, 9. February 2012

Global real estate markets see eighth conescutive quarter of rental increases

While economic uncertainty still affects the main commercial real estate centres around the world, global real estate markets are showing steady improvements, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s new suite of global forecasting reports.... more...
Tuesday, 7. February 2012

Global outlook for 2012 remains unclear

Macro-economic and political landscape uncertainty suggests that a cautious outlook for commercial real estate is likely to persist into 2012 according to a new report from CBRE Global Research. The Global ViewPoint for 2012 notes that... more...
Friday, 3. February 2012

Eastern Europe – What lies ahead in 2012?

According to Colliers’ report, which analyses real estate trends in 13 Eastern European property markets, positive economic growth is forecast across the region for the year ahead. Only Greece is set to witness a recession as the... more...
Monday, 30. January 2012

Sustainability is “highest priority”

83% of real-estate professionals think sustainability is the highest priority strategic issue facing office real estate decision-makers over the next ten years according to Jones Lang LaSalle Offices 2020 research findings. more...
Monday, 30. January 2012

Banking Study 2012: CEE banking sector still to generate above-EU average growth

Over the medium to long term there is still potential for the CEE banking sector to generate above-EU average growth in banking volumes and profitability, as the financial penetration gap still exists and economic convergence prospects... more...
Wednesday, 18. January 2012

Investment Strategy Annual 2012: Risk aversion to drive a flight to quality in global real estate investment

With less debt and equity flowing in the major global markets, investors with liquidity of their own will be major beneficiaries in 2012, according to LaSalle Investment Management (“LaSalle”), which today released the 18th edition... more...
Tuesday, 27. December 2011

Slow recovery forecast for global office markets through 2013

Global office real estate markets will undergo a slow recovery, with several key markets poised to see growth continue through 2012 and 2013, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Office Forecast, released today. While 2011 began... more...
Thursday, 8. December 2011

Toulouse, Munich und Hamburg top the list

Toulouse, Munich and Hamburg are the most attractive locations for buy-to-let investments. This was the result of a study carried out by Patrizia Immobilien AG, which the Augsburg-based company has just published. The study compared 82... more...
Thursday, 8. December 2011

European office occupiers become more powerful

A seismic shift between the traditional landlord-tenant relationship is underway, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle. According to the Offices 2020 findings, 80% of real-estate industry executives believe occupiers are becoming... more...
Wednesday, 7. December 2011

Strong German links underpin CEE real estate markets

The recent volatility in some Central European currency markets and concerns over credit availability stemming from Western European banks cutting lending due to the eurozone crisis, should not undermine confidence in the long term... more...
Thursday, 1. December 2011

LaSalle reappointed as European real-estate adviser for UBS

LaSalle has announced its reappointment as UBS’s real-estate adviser for the firm’s North East and South West Europe region. This covers 27 countries including Austria, Germany, Greece, Bahrain, Channel Islands, Czech Republic,... more...
Thursday, 1. December 2011

Heroes of the Ghetto Square in Krakow wins Urban Quality Award

Heroes of the Ghetto Square in Krakow, Poland combines a memorial, a work of art and a living public space. Today in Frankfurt am Main, the public square was declared the winner of the Urban Quality Award 2011. Joint second place went... more...
Thursday, 1. December 2011

Slow recovery in real estate funds sector but array of opportunities

Despite the current financial turmoil and uncertainty in the markets, now is the time for fund managers to capitalize on distressed deal opportunities according to Ernst & Young’s Global Market Outlook: Trends in real estate private... more...
Thursday, 1. December 2011

Office transformation agenda a priority for Corporate Real Estate teams in 2012

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Q4 2011 EMEA Corporate Occupier Conditions research shows that office occupiers will need to respond to future operational and organisational changes through the more productive use of their real estate portfolios. more...
Thursday, 1. December 2011