In the first three months of this year, real estate sentiment around the globe continued to improve, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest survey. The organization’s Global Commercial Property Monitor found that occupier metrics are gaining traction, with appetite for office and retail slowly returning.
Nevertheless, commercial real estate professionals across the world remain cautious, considering the geopolitical context, high inflation, and monetary tightening. In this podcast episode hosted by Commercial Property Executive Senior Editor Laura Calugar, RICS Economist Tarrant Parsons explains why he doesn’t expect a global recession at this point. However, he admits there are lots of reasons to be concerned about the near-term prospects for the global economy.
Here are the main topics Parsons covered with CPE:
