Institutional Investor (February 14)
2013/ 02/ 16 by jd in Global News
The “flood of institutional money” flowing into the European property safe havens of France, Germany and the U.K. could impact the markets, potentially increasing asset prices, lowering yields, and leading ultimately to a correction. “Since the 2008 collapse of Lehman brothers Holdings triggered the global economic downturn, these three countries have accounted for about 70% of the $100 billion or so a year of European commercial real estate purchases made by investors, well above the long-term average of about 50 percent.”
Tags: Europe, France, Germany, Property, Real estate, Safe havens, U.K.