Thursday, July 28, 2011

European real estate up 34% - so where is the USA?

Where is the USA? We need to re-institute "Buy American" and get the American machine rolling again. We need to get jobs back in the USA and we must be willing to pay a little more for out cheap Wal-Mart "stuff" to make that happen. Freedom and the American Dream is not free. We do not have to fight WW-2 over again, but we do need to sacrifice some to rebuild here at home, to grease the skids, oil the machine and get it rolling.
GERMANY:
Direct investment in retail real estate in Europe during the second quarter of 2011 reached €4.9 billion while total investment volumes for the year to date now stand at €13.6 billion, 34% up over the same period last year, according to figures from Jones Lang LaSalle.
The majority of investment activity remained focused on the UK and Germany, accounting for 56% of total volumes over the quarter, while transactions in Sweden totalled €572 million as the region continued to attract significant interest.
Current investor demand remains focused on the core European markets of France and Germany.

3 comments:

  1. Unfortunately, it may be quite some time before the U.S. real estate market gets out of the doldrums. Perhaps with the stock market uncertainty we will see more investors moving into real estate investment properties.

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  2. 34% is a serious jump. Good for Europe. I would be happy with a 20% jump here in the U.S.A. (I don't want to be greedy;)

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  3. This is most unfortunate but the U.S. real estate market is picking up its speed. Well just wait and see. I do agree American dream is not so free. Definitely.Thanks for the post.

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