real estate assets

Despite the take-up of London offices falling by 27 per cent in 2011, investors in the sector still have reason to be upbeat about the market's future prospects...

The value of residential properties in the UK remained largely unchanged between December and January, while prices fell by 1.6 per cent year-on-year...

The level of investment in real estate assets in the European retail sector grew in the final quarter of 2011. Research published by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) revealed the total amount ploughed into this asset class...

Research released this month revealed a significant jump in the amount of investment from private equity (PE) firms being ploughed into India's real estate markets...

The volume of investment entering global commercial property markets during 2011 was higher than in 2010, new research has found. Preliminary figures from the Jones Lang LaSalle Global Capital Flows report revealed USD 400 billion...

The economic difficulties experienced by eurozone nations during 2011 have been well documented, with countries such as Spain, Portugal and Ireland seeing their property markets take a significant hit....

Amid the climate of economic turmoil fuelled by the ongoing Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the Moscow real estate market is attracting an increasing number of investors looking for an alternative to the erstwhile traditional Western European property hotspots...

A recent Knight Frank report looking at the prospects for a range of districts in London singled out numerous areas that can expect to see property price growth of over 50 per cent by 2016...

There has been an increase in the number of real estate assets being brought to market in commercial sectors across Europe...

The average value of a home in one of the UK's major cities is approximately seven per cent higher than those found outside urban areas...

A new report released by Christies International Real Estate has revealed that London is among the top locations being targeted by wealthy buyers who are in the market for luxury properties...

The price of real estate outside the UK's capital is growing quickly in major cities, new research has shown. According to a survey carried out, destinations such as Sheffield, Bristol, Greater Manchester and Cardiff all saw property values rise...

Following the announcement earlier this month that Standard and Poor's had downgraded the US's credit rating from its AAA status to AA+, global markets tumbled, with billions of dollars wiped off the price of stocks and shares around the world...

Investors searching for real estate assets that will offer good returns should target "the scarce resource", one expert has claimed...

People who have ploughed their money into real estate assets are likely to find that this class has outperformed other sectors in terms of the return generated on the initial outlay...

Locations in the north of England are attracting attention from property investors keen to establish a portfolio relatively quickly, it has been claimed...

Commercial real estate investors are seeking out "less risky types of investments" due to the market volatility...

Luxury residential properties in Hong Kong are attracting attention from those looking to lease, which could make such real estate assets a good choice for investors...

Germany could present some lucrative investment opportunities for people looking to expand their portfolio of real estate assets in Europe...

Recent research has suggested that emerging markets around the world are continually outperforming their more established rivals in the real estate sector. And now figures released during the Beirut International Property Fair suggest that this trend is becoming even more widespread....

A growing number of European and Asian investors are purchasing real estate in Australia as high interest rates continue to put off domestic buyers, it has been claimed. The Real Estate Buyers Association of Australia has said that a rise in the number of foreign buyers in the country is helping to drive demand....

A lower tax rate in Australia is expected to offer offshore buyers the opportunity to benefit from substantial savings when acquiring and managing real estate assets in the country. According to the Financial Standard, the Federal Government's decision to phase down interest withholding tax on interest paid on some offshore borrowings will benefit potential investors....

BMB Group, an investment and advisory firm, has made two acquisitions in the first of a series of purchases intended to boost the firm's real estate assets....

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