Foreign investors were responsible for the majority of the transaction volume last year in the EMEA region, according to the most recent report from Savills. Roughly 63 percent of the $183bn in capital funding placed in the region during 2015 was from cross-border capital. North American investors proved most active, spending around $75bn on EMEA’s markets last year. Cross-border capital inflow within EMEA is responsible for eight of every 18 transactions, Savills reports, a significant jump from an average of one in every ten deals in the past.
“For core buyers, there are a number of capital cities and gateway cities across EMEA such as London, Paris and the five big German cities, all of which offer an abundance of Grade A real estate with secure income streams,” said Rasheed Hassan, head of cross border investment at Savills. “For more opportunistic buyers, in particular American funds, there are still large distressed or value-add opportunities throughout EMEA in locations such as Spain, Greece and Italy.”
