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Colliers International launches its Global Investor Sentiment Survey
2010-04-22

Colliers International is delighted to announce the arrival of our inaugural Global Investor Sentiment Survey.

To better understand the mindset of real estate investors, we surveyed 244 of the world’s major institutional and private investors, with a total investment portfolio exceeding US$300 billion.

The result is a snapshot of the current sentiment and outlook for the global real estate marketplace, providing  valuable insight into how property markets are expected to perform over the coming months and years.

Much uncertainty still exists, but capital flows are showing signs of coming of the bottom and current investor sentiment indicates we are on the verge of the next up-cycle for property markets around the world.

KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE:

• Most investors (almost two thirds) are looking to expand their real estate portfolios, leaving just under a third either holding steady or rebalancing their existing portfolios

• The vast majority (80%) have little or no appetite for cross-border investment (outside their domestic market)

• Investors - such as those in the USA, Australia, Canada, Germany and the UK - are predominantly interested in their respective domestic markets only. However, they also singled out a number of emerging countries - such as Poland, Ukraine, Vietnam, Brazil and India - for possible future investment

• Globally, rents are anticipated to hit bottom this year. The most frequent response was Q4 2010 for the Office market, followed by Q2 and Q3 2010 for Industrial and Q3 or Q4 2010 for Retail

• Considerable divergence exists when asked when a more “normal” market will emerge, but most investors listed either late 2010 or early 2011

• Investors in Asia and the Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) expect the market to return to normal by Q4 2010, followed by those in Canada, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe by Q1 2011, and those in the USA who said in Q2 2011

To view or download the report, please click on the links below:

• Click Through
• A4 Edition