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Finance

"France was not the only real estate market reporting a negative total return in 2023"

 BiTV Interview welcomes Tom Leahy, Head of EMEA Real Assets Research at MSCI. With him, we discuss the recently released MSCI France Annual Property Index, which (...)

Finance

European commercial real estate investment tumbles to lowest in 11 Years

European commercial real estate investment tumbled last year to the lowest level since 2012, according to the latest Europe Capital Trends report from MSCI (...)

Finance

No market in Europe escapes slowdown for CRE investment by end of Q3

European commercial real estate registered the seventh consecutive quarter of falling investment in July through September, ensuring no market or sector had escaped the (...)

Finance

"Q2 2023 was the worst quarter ever for the sales of European office property"

BiTV Interview welcomes Tom Leahy, Head of EMEA Real Assets Research at MSCI. With him, we first discuss the MSCI Real Estate Market Size report, published (...)

Finance

"Why Russia’s invasion seemed to signal a new era for commercial real estate"

BiTV Interviews welcomes Tom Leahy, Head of EMEA Real Assets Research at MSCI. One year ago today, Russia started its invasion of Ukraine, which had wide ranging (...)

Finance

Germany leads Q4 slump for European CRE investment (MSCI)

European commercial real estate investment plummeted in the final quarter of last year, led by Germany amid a generalized slump in values and total (...)

Finance

"Why real estate transaction volumes are down 37 % on the quarter in Europe"

BiTV Interviews welcomes Tom Leahy, Head of EMEA Real Assets Research at MSCI. The volume of European commercial real estate investment transactions fell 37 % (...)

Finance

Europe’s commercial real estate transactions fall 37% in Q3 (MSCI)

The volume of European commercial real estate investment transactions declined in the third quarter as the uncertain economic outlook and rising interest rates persuaded (...)

Office

Interest in Life Sciences Explodes — RCA

According to the latest analytics from Real Capital Analytics (RCA), investor interest in the life sciences sector has exploded. While the shadow of remote (...)

Office

Life sciences, the burgeoning asset class ready to emerge in Europe

Following its October $14.6bn recapitalisation of BioMed Realty, the largest private owner of life science office buildings in the United States, Blackstone announced in (...)

Finance

“Beds and Sheds” notch record share of investment deals in Covid-hit Europe – RCA

Investor spending on apartment and industrial properties combined took a greater value share of European commercial property transactions than offices for the first time (...)

Finance

Covid-19 pounds European real estate in Q3 2020 as deals fall 43% – RCA

Total European real estate deal volume fell 43% in Q3 2020 compared with the same quarter of 2019, to €44bn, Real Capital Analytics’s European (...)

Logistics

European logistics continue to attract capital - RCA

Amid the numerous uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 crisis, the European logistics sector continues to attract a high level of capital, the latest data (...)

Finance

Liquidity drops in 111 commercial property markets globally - RCA

According to the midyear update of the RCA Capital Liquidity Scores, the market liquidity fell in 111 of 155 global commercial real estate markets (...)

Finance

"From a pricing standpoint, different stories are playing out across the continent"

For its new "Interview" season, BiTV opens its platform to Business Immo Europe and welcomes Tom Leahy, Senior Director at Real Capital Analytics.  With him, we (...)

Finance

European investors keep faith with forward transactions - RCA

Investors stuck to the forward transactions route to acquire European office properties in the second quarter of 2020, according to data from Real Capital (...)

Finance

European CRE transactions slide to lowest level in six years in Q2 – RCA

As the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns took a grip on markets, the volume of European commercial real estate investment transactions plunged to the (...)

Hospitality

Global hotels sales down 50% in 2020 – RCA

Globally, hotels have been the asset class most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis with sales down by 50% in the first five months of (...)

Finance

More liquid markets were the first to regain prior pricing during the last global downturn (RCA)

A record 2019 for European deal volume meant that many top property markets scored extremely well on Real Capital Analytics’s Capital Liquidity Scores in (...)

Finance

Global office with higher average liquidity could be the first to recover their pre-crisis pricing - RCA

According to the RCA Capital Liquidity Scores, which illustrate how markets behaved with respect to capital liquidity during the last global downturn and can (...)

Finance

Despite Covid-19, notable deals still being completed in Europe (RCA)

Although the number and value of European commercial property transactions in March will be low in comparison with recent years because of the ongoing (...)

Finance

Withdrawal of international buyers could benefit domestic investors (RCA)

The ongoing virus-focused restrictions on the movement of people across the world will undoubtedly impede the flow of investment capital between countries and continents, (...)

Finance

Sparkling Q4 rescues 2019 European real estate investment volumes after lacklustre start – RCA

The second most active quarter on record lifted European real estate investment to only a slightly softer finish overall for 2019, after a dismal (...)

Finance

Paris edges London in 3Q19 Europe’s property investment - RCA

A strong 3Q19 performance by real estate in Paris edged the French capital ahead of Brexit-battered London in European volume for the first time (...)

Finance

Korean global cross-border real estate purchases could double to record $20bn - RCA

Korean real estate investors have made a record $11.5bn (€10.5bn) in global cross-border deals to-date in 2019 and could reach $20bn this year, double (...)

Finance

Brexit sparks 31% fall in 1H UK RE investment; Euro volumes down 15%

Escalating concerns over the economic impact of Brexit drove UK property investments down 31%yy in the first half to €23.4bn, while European volumes in (...)

Finance

European RE investment slides to lowest level in 6yrs as resi outpaces retail

European commercial real estate investment in 1Q19 slid to its lowest level in six years, with slowing economic growth and political uncertainty weighing on (...)

Finance

European 2018 real estate investment down 15% to €278bn but still near peak - RCA

Geopolitical concerns weighed on European real estate investment in 2018, with transactions down 15% from a strong 2017 to €277.7bn, albeit still close to (...)

Finance

Euro RE investment slowdown offset by 3Q deal flurry, pipeline pickup - RCA

The European real estate investment slowdown deepened over the summer, but concerns over the ageing market cycle were offset in 3Q18 by a flurry (...)

Finance

European 1H RE investment slows to €110bn; should pick up in 2H - RCA

European real estate investment slowed 19%yy in the first half to €109.8bn as high prices led institutions to scale back, says New York-based research (...)

Finance

Euro CRE investment slows sharply in first quarter after record 4Q - RCA

Investment in European commercial real estate slowed sharply in the first three months of 2018 after a record fourth quarter as investors reassessed pricing (...)

Office

European 2017 CRE investment rises 4% to €293bn; 2018 looks good - RCA

Europe’s commercial real estate in 2017 experienced the third most active year on record for investment, rising 4 % from 2016 to €293.4bn, according (...)

Health / Senior

Maturing Euro RE cycle leads investors into 'structural tailwind' assets - RCA

The maturity of the real estate cycle in Europe is leading more investors into asset classes that benefit from 'structural tailwinds', says global data (...)