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The expected supply of available distressed property is expected to rise more quickly in Europe than any other world region in the first quarter of 2011, and notably in Ireland, Hungary, Germany and the UK, finds the Q4 2010 RICS Global Distressed Property Monitor.

European investors have identified factors relating to financing and the capital markets, namely a shortage of debt finance and the impact of rising interest rates and inflation, as the greatest constraints to the European property market recovery in 2011, according to new research by CB Richard Ellis Group. This marks a sign...

According to the latest research by BNP Paribas Real Estate, office take-up and investment volume saw significant rises across Europe’s largest markets in 2010.

The latest survey compiled by Horwath Hotel, Tourism and Leisure (HTL) has shown that hotel operators around the globe are more optimistic about the coming few months than at any time since the financial crisis took hold in 2008. The survey, which summarises responses from over 50 countries, shows that whereas there are still...

Industrial commercial property rents in Asia jumped by over 5% last year in contrast to the rest of the world where the occupational market deteriorated in the majority of markets, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s Industrial Space Across the World 2011. Globally, rents in industrial locations decreased by around 1.2%. The s...

Jones Lang LaSalle expects direct investment in commercial real estate in Europe in 2011 to rise by up to 30% on 2010 figures, when the market transacted €102 billion. According to Jones Lang LaSalle’s European Capital Markets Bulletin, which is due to be published shortly, liquidity has returned to the market driven by cros...

As the corporate operating environment around the globe hardened over the last 36 months, companies have moved from a focus on cost control to a higher demand for maximum productivity and smart growth, according to the inaugural Jones Lang LaSalle and Thomson Reuters’ Corporate Real Estate Global Survey. According to the rep...

Reed MIDEM, organiser of the international property market MIPIM, announces the winners of the MIPIM Awards 2011, which took place on Thursday, 10 March in Cannes, France.

Plaza Centers N.V. announces that its joint US subsidiary, EPN GP, LLC has today made an off-market takeover bid to acquire all of the outstanding units of EDT Retail Trust.

CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) highlights in its Q4 2010 European Capital Markets report that the European real estate debt market will continue to tighten over 2011, as lenders exercise greater caution and become even more selective in who they lend to, driven by a combination of both long and short term factors.

Savills has revealed the premier shopping centre locations in Europe for investors, in conjunction with data provided by Oxford Economics. It finds that France ranks top followed by Germany, UK, Belgium and Poland.

DTZ Research estimates that US$329bn of capital will be available to invest in global real estate in 2011, a 17% increase on DTZ’s previous estimate in mid- 2010. This increase is predominantly a result of a growing number of funds targeting Asia Pacific, with available capital up 45% to US$104bn from US$71bn available since ...

The flow of global capital is headed back into U.S. real estate as foreign investors seek to add prime domestic real estate to their ownership portfolios. In 2010, inter-regional investment volumes in the Americas doubled between 2009 and 2010 from US$14 billion in 2009 to US$31 billion in 2010. This strong bounce back was n...

Savills has revealed the top investment markets in terms of volumes transacted and finds the UK, which represents approximately 42% of total European investment volume in 2010, is a clear leader followed by Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. In terms of top cities, the international real estate advisor finds London...

Most European real estate professionals are confident in the future of the market and are seeing some improvement in the way they are rewarded at work, according to the latest RICS & MacDonald European Property Remuneration survey published today.

Improved market fundamentals and heightened investor confidence meant that European industrial real estate investment volumes in 2010 reached €8 billion; a 28% increase compared to the previous year. As anticipated transaction activity slowed over the second half of the year (H2 2010). Investment volumes were 13% lower in H2...

The report provides an assessment of relevant macro economic trends and logistics and supply chain management dynamics, and includes commentary and analysis of 13 country markets namely: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Turkey and the UK.

Jones Lang LaSalle has released a new report ‘Outperforming in European Retail Capital Markets’ which identifies six key trends that will shape the European retail investment market during 2011.