Haussmann’s architecture buildings are reflected in the facade of the Samaritaine departments in the center of Paris on October 10, 2023.
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The real estate sector of Europe is recovering to the rhythm after years of moderate activity, and investment volumes increase in a room in the last 12 months, according to a new investigation of the CBRE commercial property group.
The investment in European real estate increased annual 6% to 45 billion euros ($ 51 billion) in the first quarter of 2025 as the improved macroconomic feeling went out and the lowest interest rates. Investment volumes increased 25% annually during the year to 213 billion euros.
The tickets were wide -based in all sectors, with living assets, such as multiple homes and homes for students, leading the position, 43% more during the year. The sector was previously identified as a main objective for European cross -border real estate investment, according to the CBERES 2025 European Investor Investor Increases Survey.
The retail investment continued very close, increased 31% year -on -year in the last 12 months, and increased 26% more than any other sector in the first quarter of 2025.
Hotels, industrial and logistics, and offices also saw an increase in annual entries or 23%, 19% and 16% during the past year, respectively. Medical care, meanwhile, was the only sector that recorded lower investment volumes over the period.
The data reflect similar ideas of the United Kingdom real estate firm RectitudeThat earlier this month cited a resurgence in the investment volumes of the first quarter in the key office of Great Britain, the industrial and retail sectors.
It occurs when the real estate sector of Europe showed signs of improvement in 2024 after the European Central Bank and the Bank of England moved to reduce interest rates, and growth prospects improved in several key markets.
Even so, Cbre warned that a recent pleasure of global economic feeling, led in part by the new US tariff regime, could in the appetite of investment in the future.
“2025 has had a solid start, with retail, living and offices that are attacked to investors,” said Chris Brett, head of capital markets for Europe in CBRE.
“However, we are aware of the macroconomic environment that changes rapidly and anticipate a more cao -pool approach to sellers and buyers in response to market volatility.”
The IMF, last week, reduced its global growth forecast from 2025 to 2.8%, 0.5 percentage points less than its previous estimate, citing US rates as a “great negative shock for growth.” The financial agency also reduced its growth prospect for the euro area this year to 0.8% from 1% previously.
