Predicting the countries and the asset classes that real estate investors will choose over the next six months is not an easy task which is why it’s necessary to take a pan-European view across geographies and markets.
Following discussions with colleagues in jurisdictions from Spain to Germany, the consensus is that investing in European real estate continues to be seen as a safe haven – with consistently higher returns than interest rates over the last 20 years – but that in times of hardening yields investors will have to try harder and look outside CBDs in core countries.