EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY RISES

     

Commercial property investment activity in Europe reached its highest level since 2007, totaling E102.5bn in the first half of 2015, the latest market analysis report shows. The investment volume across the 16 participating countries was 25 per cent up on the same period last year, according to the European Investment Briefing report from international real estate advisor Savills. Propertymattersmedia.blogspot.com reports that the firm says that in line with its quarter one forecast, the European investment market is on track E230bn by the end of this year as commercial property investors continue to favour core market, with the UK, Germany and France still accounting for 67.8 per cent of the total volume.