Property experts seemed to reinforce the positive sentiment and were breathing optimism. Was it the bright, warm and sunny weather we experienced at least on day one in Munich which influenced the positive investor sentiment? Or the very positive German economic indicators which spilled over from German players to the other countries’ representatives? “Ready to […]
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Everyone knows that forecasting models are sub-optimal for assessing future market trends more especially when market conditions and drivers are unlike those we have previously experienced. Sentiment and confidence surveys are increasingly being used to help assess what might happen next. Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest Q3 Investor Confidence Survey showed investor confidence softening in face […]
When I speak with investors and capital markets brokers I receive a similar story: in the weak economic environment across Europe real estate investors are focusing on prime core property in the major markets. When I analyse the direct investment transactions in H1 2010 I get a different result: in many countries half of the […]