A year ago European investors named Germany as the most attractive country for investment in commercial property. In 2014 the UK leads in experts' preferences, while Germany dropped to second place, and Spain suddenly became the third, writes ee24.com citing opp-connect.com.
According to the report CBRE's 2014 European Real Estate Investor Intentions, 70.9% of European experts prefer to invest to Western Europe, 14.3% - to Central and Eastern Europe, 8.2% - to North America and only 6.7% - to Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East.
In 2013 Europeans prefered to purchase the commercial property in Germany, UK, Poland, Spain, France, the Nordic countries. The list for 2014 is the following: the United Kingdom (29%), Germany (21%), Spain (19%), Poland, France, the Netherlands (5% each) and Italy (4%). It is noteworthy that the interest in Spain grew the most significantly - from 6% in the previous year to 19% in the current one.