The investment volume reached €1.826bn for the CE property markets in the fourth quarter of 2012. That’s a €536m increase compared with Q3 2012, but just a slight jump compared with the same period in 2007. The overall investment volume for 2012 was €3.71bn, reflecting 59 percent of the result seen in 2011. “Despite investment volumes bouncing back strongly in Q4, driven by increased activity in Poland, this was insufficient to counter a lackluster performance right across the CE region during the first nine months,” said Charles Taylor, a partner at Cushman & Wakefield. “That said, we now see continuing momentum in Poland and expect activity to step up in the Czech Republic. We forecast volumes in the region to be marginally ahead in 2013, with Poland continuing to be the clear favourite.”
