2017 seems to have beaten some of the odds. Property consultants warned of subdued activity given the political uncertainty across Europe and the growing gloom of 2016. However, in Q2 2017* total property investment rose 25% on the previous year. This was largely thank...

During the life cycle of a real estate investment outfit - from fundraising, to investment and on to exit – scale is the one of management’s core strategic questions. In the traditional, human resource-intensive business of real estate investing, scale is key to achiev...

During periods of volatility and market turbulence the market seems to exhibit an irrational excitement about available investment prospects. However, after a few years of growth, and following what many believe to have been peak activity in 2016, increasing attention...

A variable that is rarely factored into western European investment calculations – politics – has had sudden prominence in the European property press in recent months. Many fear how a multi-national shift to the political right could impact decision making in investme...

The appeal of commercial property investment continues undimmed. In core Western European cities – London, Paris, and large German urban centres – yields are at or below the previous records set in 2007*. Thanks to increasing competition from new overseas buyers and do...

In the current low yield environment in Europe, investors are finding it ever more difficult to find the deals that will deliver the return they have promised their investors. Yields seem to be reaching a plateau in many sectors, suggesting there is increasingly limite...

If 2016 has taught us anything, it is that predictions are not humanity’s forte. Few in the professional industries wished – or expected – both Brexit and Trump to prevail in 2016. As disbelief and disappointment slowly give way to acceptance of reality, attention is t...

With all the political doom and gloom in 2016, and the disappointing investment data for property, it is tempting to try to sweep the year aside as an anomaly and thereby overlook some of the key property market trends that emerged and are to stay for the years to come...

Early on, it became clear that the records set in 2015 were unlikely to be repeated in 2016. This has been a year of turbulence and surprises, most obviously in western politics, but also in everything from the discovery of gravitational waves to the record-breaking ac...

Commercial property investors in Europe seem to have found a new passion. Listing – pioneered by the American export of real estate investment trusts (REITs) – is an increasingly popular proposition across the continent. From being a ‘wishful thinking’ scenario in the...