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Finance 05/12/2019

M&G halts trading in £2.5bn London property fund

M&G on Wednesday halted trading in its £2.5bn London property fund after fears over Brexit and a retail downturn prompted investors to rush to withdraw (...)

Housing 21/11/2019

European house price growth seen strongest in Germany

House price increases among major European nations will be strongest in Germany going forward, followed by France, says Geneva-based bank Edmond de Rothschild. In a (...)

Office 20/11/2019

"Right now we have masses of money targeted towards London"

Huge amounts of investment capital are targeting London city real estate, and the slowdown in development resulting from Brexit worries will worsen the shortage (...)

Finance 04/11/2019

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 (...)

Housing 24/10/2019

Paris luxury resi prices to overtake London by 2022 as no-deal Brexit threatens

Paris prices of luxury residential property are likely to overtake London's by 2022, says agent Cordwell Banker, with the UK capital open to a (...)

Finance 20/09/2019

Seven European cities, led by London, in JLL's top list for global competitiveness

With London leading and Paris in third place, seven European cities feature in adviser JLL's new study of global competitiveness. Berlin and Munich have (...)

Finance 29/08/2019

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 27/08/2019

European real estate said facing falling yields, rising rents as interest rates stay low

European real estate faces an environment of falling acquisition yields and rising rents in the coming months as official interest rates remain low, says (...)

Finance 27/06/2019

Insurers' property quotas hit historic high 10.3%; most will seek more - EY study

A new study by EY Real Estate shows that insurers' real estate quota has hit a historic high at 10.3% and that three-quarters of (...)

Finance 19/06/2019

Global RE outlook positive as rate environment supports yielding assets - Invesco

The global real estate outlook remains positive as a 'lower-for-longer' rate environment supports yielding assets and extends the opportunity for value-add and manage-to-core strategies, (...)

Retail 05/06/2019

Investors don’t count retail out just yet

“There is usually a time lag of 1-2 years between what happens in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe”, according to Darren Yates, (...)

Finance 15/05/2019

Making Greater Paris the first region in Europe for foreign investment

Business Immo: You are the principal contact point for foreign investors potentially interested in Greater Paris. What are your main arguments to convince them? Frank Margain: (...)

Finance 18/04/2019

New actors on the European stage

“When it comes to equity, European real estate is like a busy nightclub – as soon as one group leaves, another seems to be (...)

Finance 04/04/2019

INREV attendees see W. Europe as best €1bn investment, UK in the long run

With €1bn to invest over 10 years, 36% of attendees at the INREV conference voted western Europe as the best target region. Britain was (...)

Finance 18/03/2019

No sector for old cowboys

A maturity is entering real estate. Recognition that it is not for old cowboys but a sector where success is tied directly to user (...)

Finance 14/03/2019

Investors still favour offices above all else

With €29.7bn spent on offices last year, a 24% jump from 2017, Germany established itself as the biggest office market in Europe, a surge (...)

Finance 14/03/2019

Reshuffling the investment pack in Europe’s Big Three

UK, on the ropes but not out yet The United Kingdom was on the ropes in 2018 but still managed to hold on to its title (...)

Office 27/02/2019

Office, industrial in Germany to deliver more capital value, rent growth - RICS

Office and industrial property in Germany is expected to deliver further capital value and rental growth over the coming year, says the RICS Global (...)

Finance 22/02/2019

Real estate investors in 2019 face risks from five main sources - MSCI

Real estate investors in 2019 will need to adjust to rapid changes deriving from five main sources: environmental, governance, geopolitical, transparency and tech-related, says (...)

Finance 20/02/2019

France’s SCPIs set out to conquer Europe

French SCPI real estate funds (société civile de placement immobilier), mainly designed for private savers, have invested €7.1bn outside the nation in the last (...)