Commercial real estate investment activity in the core Central European markets of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania totaled €6.05bn in the first nine months of 2016, up 37 percent y-o-y, according to the latest figures published by Cushman & Wakefield. However, there was a small dipped reported in Q3. “Most European markets saw a slower Q3 as investors digested the Brexit vote. However, this was a short-term trend, and a strong bounce-back is expected in Q4 across the CE region,” said James Chapman, partner of CE and capital markets at Cushman & Wakefield. “Hungary continues to see the highest increase in interest as investors flow back into Budapest, and the return of the Warsaw office market is the main contributing factor to increasing deal volumes. Total CE investment for 2016 is expected to spike towards €10bn.”
