Billionaires hold their money in European real estate

Billionaires hold their money in European real estate

There are around 200 thousand of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) in the world, i.e. 1 per 35 thousand people. As it turned out, they prefer to keep 20% of their assets in real estate. European billionaires trust real estate market a bit more, and invest in properties about 31% of their capitals, according to ee24.com citing opp-connect.com.

Savills and Wealth-X have estimated the total value of real estate in the whole world, which amounted to €133 trillion. UHNWIs, which are only 0.003% of people in the world, own real estate that costs 3% of the overall value. 

According to forecasts, in 4 years the number of ultra rich people will increase by 22%, i.e. to 244 thousand people. Their capitals will grow from €20.5 trillion to €26.6 trillion.