France and Germany tipped for commercial property investment

France and Germany have been tipped as hotspots for commercial property investment by Capital Economics.

Ed Stansfield, a property economist at the firm, said that France, along with the Nordic countries, stands out in terms of economic conditions and pricing.

 This means investors could be advised to keep an eye out for Midi-Pyrenees property listings and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur property for sale.

"Germany, from a purely top-down macroeconomic performance point of view, is going to be one of the best performing economies in Europe over the next couple of years," Mr Stansfield added.

"A lot of the data would suggest that the correction was very modest and therefore there is not a lot of potential for an upswing but, as a solid income producing investment, I think German property has got some attractions as well."

Mr Stansfield added that investors should be wary about buying property in nations which have an unstable economy at the moment.

Recent research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors highlighted that real estate professionals in 14 out of the 25 nations it surveyed thought that the number of distressed properties coming to the global commercial property market will continue to grow over the next three months.
 

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