European logistics markets at a new record in 2011

European logistics take-up for assets of over 5,000 m² in size (10,000 m² in the UK) peaked at 16.3 million m² in 2011, 12% ahead of 2010 and 59% higher than the 10-year annual average. Stronger activity year-on-year was seen in most... more...

Thursday, 29. March 2012

Moscow overtakes Berlin in Western and Warsaw in Eastern Europe

Moscow overtook Berlin in Western Europe as the number 6 city in Europe for property investment. And Paris became the number one city in Europe in the second half of 2011 (H2 2011) in terms of property investment, overtaking Central... more...

Wednesday, 28. March 2012

European investors shift attention to industrial and logistic real estate

Investors in Europe have shown a clear shift in sentiment in favour of industrial and logistics property in 2012, according to CBRE’s latest ‘Real Estate Investor Intentions’ survey*. more...

Wednesday, 21. March 2012

Positive trends on German and Russian hotel investment markets in 2011

CBRE Hotels reflects on the positive performance of the German and Russian hotel investment market in 2011. Hotel transaction volume in Germany grew for the second consecutive year. In 2010 transaction volume increased by more than 100%... more...

Monday, 12. March 2012

The MIPIM Awards Winners 2012 ...

The 22nd MIPIM Awards took place March 8 during MIPIM. For the first time, the awards ceremony was preceded by a red carpet entrance of the finalists in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. more...

Friday, 9. March 2012

Trading improvement boosts European hotel values with further growth forecast

Improved trading performance has boosted hotel values across Europe by 2.3% to an average of €220,000 per room, according to the latest Hotel Valuation Index (HVI), published by hotel consultancy HVS London. more...

Wednesday, 7. March 2012

DTZ publishes ‘European Retail Guide - Shopping Centres’

DTZ has published the industry’s first shopping centre guide to provide city and scheme level data. The DTZ ‘European Retail Guide – Shopping Centres’, launched today at MIPIM, assesses socio-economic factors and the strength of... more...

Tuesday, 6. March 2012

Good return on the Baltic property market

Low supply of prime properties, rising cash-flows, access to credit and a shortage of other attractive asset classes mean that the Baltic property market will deliver good risk-adjusted returns over the coming years. According to Newsec... more...

Friday, 2. March 2012

Retail strongest performing real estate sector in Europe in 2011

Retail property was the best performing commercial real estate sector in Europe in 2011, according to CBRE’s European Valuation Monitor (EVM), which is based on regular valuations of standing investment portfolios carried out by... more...

Thursday, 1. March 2012

European housing recovery is not on the horizon but prices remained stable

Slowdown in the global economy and the eurozone debt crisis affects mortgage markets and housebuilding across Europe, whilst prices in the residential sector weathered better the storm, according to the latest RICS European Housing... more...

Wednesday, 29. February 2012

Nordic property market delivers good risk-adjusted returns

Stable cash flows, local access to credit and a shortage of other attractive asset classes mean that the Nordic property market will deliver good risk-adjusted returns over the coming years. According to Newsec Property Outlook,... more...

Tuesday, 28. February 2012

Improved trading performance brings investors back to hotel sector

Total European hotel transaction volume rose to €7.1 billion in 2011, an increase of 9% on the €6.5 billion recorded in 2010 indicating that investment activity in the hotel sector is improving, despite the continuing scarcity of... more...

Tuesday, 28. February 2012

European markets offer significant growth potential

European property markets now offer a slightly greater number of attractive investment opportunities than they did in Q3 2011, according to the latest European all-property DTZ Fair Value Index TM results for Q4 2011. The index, which... more...

Tuesday, 28. February 2012

General decline in gross operating profit performance across Europe

Seven of the 10 European cities in this month’s survey registered a Gross Operating Profit per Available Room (GOPPAR) decline in January 2012, according to the latest HotStats report by TRI Hospitality Consulting. more...

Monday, 27. February 2012

Scandinavian markets show some rental growth

The vast majority of markets monitored by Colliers International for its biannual EMEA Industrial and Logistics Rent Map experienced no change in prime warehouse rents in the second half of 2011. The most significant increases were... more...

Wednesday, 15. February 2012

Positive growth seen in Moscow, falls witnessed in the Middle East

According to Colliers International’s latest EMEA office rents map, most of the major EMEA office markets monitored recorded no changes in rental levels during the last six months of 2011. more...

Wednesday, 15. February 2012

European institutional investors will remain risk averse in 2012

Invesco Real Estate (IRE) believes that European institutional investors, in general, will remain risk averse in 2012 and continue to focus on a narrow definition of prime assets, with investors expected to accept more risk during early... more...

Friday, 3. February 2012

Supply tightens significantly while prime european office rents broadly unchanged

Despite cautious occupier markets, the European office vacancy rate has decreased to 9.9%, marking the first time it has fallen below 10% since Q3 2009, according to the latest research from Jones Lang LaSalle. Meanwhile office rents... more...

Friday, 3. February 2012

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