1 ... for real estate investment

1 ... for real estate investment

Paris has again come out top in this year’s Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of the European real estate investment market.

Surveying 400 of the leading European authorities, this study ranks the cities according to their investment climates.

The French capital heads the ranking thanks to its economic stability and status as a global gateway. It offers good prospects for urban regeneration and redevelopment and has a balanced supply and demand of projects. Districts like La Défense strengthened the capital’s position by attracting ever-greater numbers of keen foreign investors.

London comes second, followed by Stockholm, Munich, Lyon, Helsinki, Madrid, Barcelona, Hamburg and Copenhagen. In fact London, although offering a very low financial risk, is gradually becoming, in the view of investors, a "hold" market with a risk of yields softening./.

Sources: Urban Land Institute: http://www.uli.org/

PricewaterhouseCoopers: http://www.pwc.com/

Last updated: 20.03.2007