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Coronavirus: Asia markets to feel brunt of real estate pain, while US to suffer tourism pinch

In commercial real estate markets, Asia is feeling the pain of the coronavirus most acutely, while the US will face material challenges across tourism and other industries, according to Barings.
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‘Investor interest in the Logistics sector continues to increase’

Paris becomes the top European market for foreign investors

PIA: best practice ESG principles for UK real estate industry

‘It is not a retail apocalypse’

Knight Frank: prime central residential demand rising as supply shrinks

PIA launches best practice framework for a responsible real estate industry

‘The increase in building costs in Hungary is a real challenge’

ESG: one-third of global CO2 emissions is created by worldwide building stock

UK care home supply crisis to reach tipping point by 2029

‘There will be more activity in hotel transactions in CEE’

Coronavirus: the macro context of the escalating crisis

ULI: incentives for public sector land release needed

‘France is top of the list for international investors’

ULI: best practice guidelines to support supply of ‘intermediate housing’ at scale

Rotterdam tops index as Europe’s most attractive port for logistics investment

Launch of ‘The Senior Housing and Healthcare Association’

UK hotel investment defied Brexit uncertainty in 2019 with investment reaching £6 billion

Funds and REIT’s invest £10.5 billion in UK real estate in Q4

‘More global capital will target CEE real estate’

Record-breaking year for European hotel investment

Central London investment activity up 140% year on year as confidence rebounds

‘The balance between retail and logistics is changing’

CBRE: Middle Eastern investors flock to UK regions for yield pick-up

Coronavirus: the context for real estate markets

‘We are very positive on the Paris market’

UK capital values edge down in January but Q4 momentum soon to show uptick

Asian REITs and investors lead the way with AI adoption in real estate

‘Logistics in CEE will continue to grow’

Global commercial real estate investment volumes reached US$800 billion in 2019

Real estate executives increasingly acknowledge the need for data governance frameworks

‘Developments in technology are transforming buildings’

CRE firms’ data strategy is rising among corporate priorities

Structural demand drivers and technology reorder customer experience as top real estate priority

‘Paris is getting critical mass’

Six out of 10 global CRE executives now acknowledge PropTech’s disruptive impact

CBRE: Central London take-up in January slid 66% month-on-month

”The yield factor will attract investors to Warsaw and Budapest’

International investors spend €4.2 billion in Dutch residential market last year

Calastone: UK property fund redemptions slows to £78 million in 16th consecutive monthly outflows

‘Consolidation ahead for the sector’

35% of office deals in London involve operators of flexible workspace

Dutch housing shortage increases

‘Great prospects for Student Housing in 2020’

RCA: iconic Grand Paris infrastructure project propelled France to record €42 billion in 2019 real estate investment

CBRE: Continental investment volumes up 2% to €248 billion in 2019

‘Poland is the new Germany’

London landlords focus on evolving service expectations as occupiers’ transition to customers

RCA: German real estate investment transactions hits all-time peak at €76 billion in 2019

‘More overseas capital targeting CEE offices’

RCA: European investment activity finished 2019 strong to close €308 billion

Knight Frank: almost £50 billion of global capital to flock to London in 2018

‘Adapting quickly to changing market trends’

Nuveen Real Assets: challenging macro backdrop supports defensive sector focus in 2020

Los Angeles pips London as economically strongest city for fourth consecutive year

‘Foreign capital is looking at alternatives in CEE’

Strong fundamentals to drive logistics to another high watermark year in 2020

Almost 80% of global flexible offices are profitable, new research suggests

‘Domestic players are making a difference’

Spanish office market hit decade-high investment haul in 2019

Record growth in student housing last year, 2020 predicted to be even stronger

‘Lack of product becoming an issue in CEE’

Colliers: December 2019 was the third-best month ever for UK commercial property investment

Data centres: institutional capital chasing hypergrowth markets across the Continent

‘PRS will be the next big thing in Poland’

Brexit Begins: UK CRE investor sentiment buoyed by stable government and Brexit mispricing

Brexit Begins: UK’s symbolic exit from the EU sets stage for tough trade negotiations

‘Investors care about fundamentals, not politics’

Savills 2020: hunt for yield endures as alternatives break into mainstream

Data centres come of age after decade-long investment tops $100 billion globally

‘CEE real estate will stand out in a weakening world economy’

Real estate owners will look to technology to meet sustainability requirements

Savills 2020: less centralised business centres enter mainstream

‘An all-time record diverse investor base in CEE’

Sustainability best practices increasingly accepted as new norm among investors

Proptech acceleration in 2020 will hasten industry’s digital transformation

‘Massive change coming to real estate’

JLL: office supply squeezes will drive rental growth in London and the Big Six

Evercore: €63 billion in European loan portfolios sold in 2019

‘ESG and the UK the two themes of 2020’

Evercore: €26 billion of live European loan portfolios loan currently up for sale

Real estate owners will look to technology to meet sustainability requirements

‘Transformation is always positive’

UBS: WeWork fallout will unlikely impede office sector in 2020

JLL: UK investment returns will return to positive territory in 2020

‘Getting the right mix in mixed-use’

IPF: Two-thirds of UK institutional investors to increase residential exposure in the coming year

JLL: UK investment volumes to rally to £55 billion in 2020

‘A record year for France’

Investment Intentions 2020: €98 billion in fresh equity to be deployed in global real estate this year

UBS: liquidity to return to retail sector in 2020 but predominantly in higher quality segment

‘Flight to quality is the theme for 2020’

MSCI: all eyes on climate change, human capital and stakeholder capitalism

New high watermark for Swedish investment volumes as new entrants’ flock

‘Investors should take a look at Utrecht’

Cushman: cities with high growth in both labour force growth and GDP are predictors of strong real estate demand

MSCI: five global real estate trends to watch this decade

‘More rental growth in the Amsterdam office market’

Cushman: Demographic shifts will impact global workplace by 2030

CBRE 2020: Brexit and US elections twin political issues underpinning sentiment

‘The Dutch market punches above its weight in Europe’

CBRE 2020: mega trends are structural shifts influencing real estate trends

Contrarian view: opportunistic investors to bet heavy on UK retail in 2020

‘Alternatives are becoming mainstream’

CBRE 2020: offices, beds and sheds to outperform broader UK market

The contrarian view: uncertainty will underpin positive investment returns

‘Operational models will become prevalent’

Schroders: what to expect in European real estate and private debt in 2020

CBRE 2020: UK market will rebound when Brexit withdrawal agreement is achieved

‘More capital flows from East and West’

CBRE 2020: lower interest rates for longer while prime yields are nearing floors

German commercial investment volumes hit new €71 billion high watermark in 2019

‘Resi is the best opportunity in Italy’

Colliers: City of London sees rental growth of 5%

Savills: Investment into London hotels set for record 2020

‘How to address ESG issues and stay ahead of the game’

Low interest rates will endure in 2020 in the face of economic slowdown

South Korean investment into Europe up 120% higher in 2019

‘Clients need to be guided through the process’

Debt investment appetite to increase over the next two years

Savills: Nordics markets to continue to attract international capital over next two years

‘Proptech is now a must-have’

Ecommerce growth buoyant in Nordics market in 2019

Investment into Barcelona office markets to break records in 2019

‘Connectivity is key’

London investment volumes rises 15% in Q4 to almost £2.8 billion

Preliminary Nordics investment volumes suggest €42 billion for 2019

‘AI will transform real estate’

Germany’s ‘develop and hold’ resi development sector to reach €40 billion in coming years

Savills: limited prime stock, late-cycle sentiment and diversification drive will be 2020 investment themes

‘Everyone is doing something now’

How should property investors be positioned for an economic recession?

Savills: Space is adapting to technological change, dynamic business environments and economic uncertainty

‘Flexibility is here to stay’

Cushman on 2020: four key messages for the logistics sector

Savills: search for income-producing assets will be a key driver for 2020 investment activity

‘Last mile the most defensive strategy’

Nuveen identifies the risks and opportunities to a positive 2020 real estate outlook

Cushman on 2020: four key messages for the disrupted retail sector

‘In this scenario Real Estate wins’

Brexit: receded uncertainty makes UK property looks competitively priced

Brexit: Tory landslide to unlock pent-up demand for UK property

‘Hybrid models are the future’

London tops rankings for global fintech hubs

Cushman on 2020: climate change will affect valuation, leasing and investment markets

‘The only way for Berlin is up’

Non-listed real estate total expense ratios diverse across Europe and Asia

Cushman on 2020: real estate not keeping pace with changing European demographics

‘ESG has become a hot topic’

Cushman on 2020: liquidity in offices continues to shift out of town

Asian investors set their sights on German debt investment market

‘Germany can be a victim of its own success’

Dutch residential investment volumes to reach €9.3 billion in 2019

Cushman on 2020: private equity could be the leading source of capital for high yield assets next year

‘It’s the best time to be an office developer’

Outflows in UK real estate funds accelerates in November to rise to £2.5 billion in last two years

Cushman on 2020: economics and politics will become increasingly intertwined

‘Buying real estate remains the priority’

Dutch retail sector heads towards multichannel to combat e-commerce and population aging

AEW: European real estate outlook positive despite worsening global economic growth and sentiment forecasts

‘More growth to come in CEE office and logistics’

Demand drivers across Europe’s largest healthcare markets underpinned by diverging trends

WeWork rescue a wake-up call for industry on systemic risk in heavy coworking concentration

‘Poland has a lot to look forward to’

Why Berlin is the hottest office market in Europe

US real estate risk premium increases as uncertainty weighs on sentiment

‘Investors like the CEE story’

INREV: Diversification benefits of real estate top priority in all markets except Germany

UBS: Europe’s residential sector’s meteoric rise as investors’ second favourite asset class

‘Wroclaw chosen for the first foreign university in Poland’

INREV: investors across Europe are enlarging the boundaries of what constitutes ‘real estate’

UBS: European volumes declining at snail’s pace while yields remain at record lows

‘Poland could have a REIT regime soon’

UBS: eurozone occupier office and logistics demand remains robust amid broader depressed economic sentiment

INREV: survey finds sentiment remains positive as multi-sector investors increase weightings

South Korea ‘the biggest investor in CEE’

UBS: coworking sector needs a shakeout to leave a few thriving profitable operators

INREV: insurance companies dominate investor universe across seven major European markets

‘Wroclaw chosen for the first foreign university in Poland’

UBS: global yields are broadly flat, volumes down and returns start to converge

Foreign capital into Sweden logistics market propels record investment volumes in 2019

‘A changing but buoyant market’

Fitch: prime UK shopping centre rents will continue to weaken driven by CVA-led discounts

PropTech: technology application must be aligned to the balance of landlord, tenant and investor building requirements

‘Historic buildings become mixed-use projects in Poland’

PropTech-led innovations remain mismatched with adoption trends within real estate sector

Cushman: e-commerce supply chain can account for 50% or more of total supply chain spend

‘Retirement living is an untapped market’

Fitch: UK retailers’ use of CVAs is accelerating adjustment to sector stress

PropTech: technology, climate crisis and tenant demands are changing real estate sector business models

‘Co-living is the next co-working’

PropTech innovations to overhaul healthcare sector

PropTech: real estate sector is slow to embrace digitalisation but the benefits are substantial

‘Renting is here to stay’

Cushman: London’s New Bond Street is most expensive shopping street in Europe

UBS: elevated Italian bond rates for a prolonged period would deteriorate real estate investor confidence

‘In European cities renting is the preferred option’

Cushman: Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay retains crown as the world’s most expensive shopping street

UBS: Italian market is an outlier among European peers

‘High demand for resi in Portugal’

Savills: fall in bond yields continues to drive European investment

UBS analyses Italian government bond rates and real estate relationship

‘Great opportunities for resi investors in France’

M3 Consulting: anticipated UK development and investment activity by overseas slumps has fallen

British Land: challenged UK retail market is encouraging opportunistic pricing amid sparse liquidity

‘Putting money into resi fits investors’ ESG agenda’

CIMA: professionals’ cognisance of automation risk to their job security increases

Global prime residential price softening gathers pace over 12 months to Q3

‘Interest in the rented resi sector is growing fast’

KPMG: larger real estate companies are embracing technology to greater effect than smaller counterparts

European sale-and-leasebacks account for 11% of total retail investment volumes to Q3 2019

‘Renting is a people business’

KPMG: efficiency and decision-making improvements trump revenue generation in tech adoption

Outflows from retail property funds extended to £2.6 billion over 13 months despite revived investor optimism

‘Impact Investing is a win/win’

Private equity investment into global retail sector tops £32 billion within the last two years

KPMG: real estate sector’s digital transformation is slow and hampered by insufficient tech talent

‘Student Housing comes of age’

Logistics take-up in South East already surpasses last year’s annual tally

RCA: end of Brexit saga could reverse fortunes for overseas capital flows into UK

‘Dutch Residential a solid market for years to come’

RCA: Paris edges ahead of London in YTD investment volumes

Rental growth and yield compression continue throughout Europe in Q3

The CEE Summit: ‘Poland not ready for beds & sheds’

PropTech: technology application must be aligned to the balance of landlord, tenant and investor building requirements

JLL: Europe’s coliving sector at a ‘tipping point’ as institutional interest soars

CBRE: moderation in European investment volume in Q3 to €69.5 billion but ample liquidity

The CEE Summit: ‘Safety in numbers’ in the Polish market

RCA: big-ticket deals drive in Warsaw offices drives CEE volumes Across CEE to 10-year high

Cushman: majority of CRE executives remain positive on coworking but digital security and privacy cited as top concern

The CEE Summit: ‘A great opportunity for real estate’

Cushman: coworking phenomenon climbs to 125 million square feet worldwide

Secured property debt market preferred by two-thirds of investors, survey shows

‘Retail in Europe is a model for the world’

Aviva: investors consider real assets as a safe haven in an uncertain world

Oxane: real estate debt market’s digital maturation will inevitably come in time

‘More foreign capital targeting Germany’

Brexit Watch: investors poised for six weeks of volatility as UK prepares to go to the polls

Aviva: real estate debt most popular investment among insurers

The CEE Summit 2019 – Day 2: ‘Poland welcomes future-proof investments’

Aviva: resilience in the face of uncertainty

The CEE Summit 2019 – Day 1

Knight Frank: super prime London resi investors spent £2bn in London

Aviva’s CIO discusses European city strategy

‘The UK’s loss is Europe’s gain’

Oxane Partners: real estate financing sector’s is technology transformation is slow but inevitable

Aviva: real assets appetite continues to grow amid turbulent backdrop

‘Lower for longer’ driving capital flows

Aviva: global allocations to real assets to increase over the coming 12 months

Healthcare, manufacturing and retail are industries set to benefit most from 5G, Huawei research suggests

‘Sustainability has come to the forefront’

Cass Lending Report: prime lending margins continued to come under pressure in H1

Colliers: UK industrial and logistics take-up on track to exceed the 10-year annual average

‘Moving to a digital business model’

Cass Lending Report: new UK property lending up 4% to £23.3 billion in H1

CBRE: UK prime CRE nudged up 0.4% in Q3, driven by industrials and offices

‘Now it’s the time to invest in Porto’

Preqin: investors displaying mix of increased caution and evidence they are nearing target allocation fulfilment

Cushman: Brexit considered a tactical issue with respect to timing and price rather than a structural hit to its appeal

‘We are incredibly positive on the London story’

Preqin: global real estate fundraising volumes rose to $121 billion YTD; on track for record annual haul

Solvency II review: EIOPA delays updating solvency capital requirements for real estate citing scarce necessary data

‘Student Housing is the n1 alternative asset class’

European shopping centre market development activity polarised by country and city

JLL: steady demand in Dublin office market

‘It is great to be in retail today’

Super prime residential sale volumes in London resilient amid wider slowdown in the capital

Savills: Germany set for another record years for investment volumes

Savills: City office take-up to exceed 6 million sq ft by year-end

Property developers increasingly to turn to platforms and challenger banks for finance

‘Logistics is still in growth mode’

Patrizia: unlevered European residential annual returns to average up to 6.5% over the next five years

Regional riches: Europe’s non-capital cities are drawing in ever-greater investment

Brexit ‘the cream on top’ for Germany

Savills: alternative investment volumes reflect almost 30% of YTD UK volumes

Oxane Partners: real estate finance sector is primed for digital transformation, survey reveals

Expo Real: ‘Capital is being re-focused on offices’

CBRE: UK investment returns at 1.9% over first three quarters

RCA: logistics sector and secondary markets favoured by South Korean within Europe

‘Food retail properties in Germany are a sure bet’

Savills outlines retailers’ blueprint to survive and thrive in age of digitalisation

RCA: South Korean cross-border investment to top $20 billion globally in 2019

‘Auf Wiedersehen to EXPO REAL’

FAP Group: office and resi remain top of the sector rankings for German mez lenders

FAP Group: German mezzanine finance providers expects one-third rise in lending next year

‘EXPO REAL closes its doors today’

Waterway Investments: investing in non-CBD Germany in a maturing cycle

Savills: institutional investment into global residential sector tops US$110 billion in H1 2019

‘A busy first day at EXPO REAL’

Calastone: retail investors withdraw £2.7 billion from UK property funds in last 12 months

EXPO 2019: South Korean investment across Europe surges to more than €11 billion YTD

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JLL: €3 billion of Irish deals traded in the first nine months

Catella: residential sector emerges as European second hottest sector in last 12 months

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UK shopping centre pricing to stabilise next year as CVA season runs its course

Catella: European housing rental yields lowest in 40 years

‘Rental growth driving the office market’

FCA issues new rules to protect against a future open-ended property fund liquidity crisis

UK retail sector sentiment to remain subdued but use of CVAs may have peaked