Austerity Measures

Differences are becoming more apparent between the office markets in European nations that are struggling to control their sovereign debt and those that are on the periphery of the troubles...

A number of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are benefiting from the recent austerity measures put in place by various governments.

In particular, Asian property securities have benefited from the measures, with investors finding new confidence in the funds....

Stringent government spending cuts and economic uncertainty have had an effect on property markets around the world.

This new age of austerity which many European countries have entered in an attempt to tackle growing national debt has come at a price to developers and the construction industry....

Commercial real estate in emerging economies is outperforming that of more established markets.

The latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey for the second quarter of the year has found that countries located in South American, Asia and Eastern Europe are outperforming UK and eurozone destinations....