real estate investments

The return generated by central London offices increased to 0.6 per cent in March, rising from the 0.5 per cent recorded in February...

The outlook for global commercial real estate markets appears to be brighter, while there are indications leasing activity is picking up around the world...

The amount of cash expected to be made available for global commercial property investments has fallen by six per cent in 2012, compared to the capital on offer in the middle of last year..

Yields from commercial real estate investments in the UK were broadly stable in the year to January 2012, with eight out of the 13 sectors surveyed by Savills recording no movement in this 12-month period....

Using equity to fund the purchase of real estate investments has become more popular than debt financing. This is the conclusion of a report published by Savills, which revealed the proportion of property transactions that are covered by mortgages has dropped over the last decade....

Over the course of 2011, prime office markets around the world put in a strong performance, recording six per cent rental growth in the final quarter of the year, compared to the same three-month period in 2010....

Real estate investment in the Central and Eastern European region has been picking up strongly since about the middle of last year, with several major firms and bodies all recording strong growth in transaction levels. However, according to the latest data...

Commercial property markets across Europe were described as "broadly stable" during the final quarter of 2011 in terms of rents and yields, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) stated. The firm's report revealed prime yields and rents...

The US and UK housing markets have experienced many similar trends during the financial crisis; with both experiencing the same trends, usually one followed by the other...

Turnover of office space in top German locations (cities like Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Munich and Stuttgart) increased by 19% in the first half of this year...

Despite increasing investment, capital values are now increasing in the European commercial property market, having stagnated in the last 4 quarters...

Following the lead of a number of its Asian neighbours, the Taiwanese parliament has approved a new tax on real estate investments and luxury goods designed to reign in the buoyant market...

Commercial real estate investments across Europe reached EUR 95.9 billion last year, representing a 53 per cent increase on 2009 volumes, the latest research from DTZ has found. According to the firm's Investment Market Update report, the coming year is set to see further improvements made, sparked by an increase in buyer confidence. ...

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....

Lebanon's Economy and Trade Minister Mohammad Safadi said on Wednesday that real estate investments in 2009 reached $7 billion.