Declining investment in the Asia-Pacific region, especially China, has prompted a 32% fall in investment across the world’s most active cities, even though cash inflows to the Americas and EMEA are on the rise
What happens when the most active cities for real estate development in the world are also the ones that are losing the most investment?
Exclusive research by Cushman & Wakefield of the world’s most popular investment hotspots reveals that falling funds in the Asia-Pacific region have fuelled a 32% drop in investment across the world’s top 50 most active cities overall.
In a list of the top 20 it is clear to see where the problem lies. Despite the
fact that investment volumes are up in both the Americas and the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, New York only gets a look in at number 15. It is the first, and only,
non Asia-Pacific city entry in the top 20, which saw a collective drop of 24% in investment.
• For the full top 50 cities lists region by region, and for a detailed analysis into what the Asia-Pacific slowdown could mean for global investment, download Estates Gazette’s Global Investor Guide at www.estatesgazette.com/investor-guides.
