International Trade Fair for Property and Investment, October 5, 2020

 

Messe München GmbH, in cooperation with the government of the Free State of Bavaria, is currently developing bespoke health and safety protocols that will allow us to ensure the success of EXPO REAL despite the Covid-19 pandemic.  Europe’s biggest property trade fair took part in the third EXPO REAL barometer of opinion and paint a true picture of the mood in the real estate industry. Apart from Brexit, interest rate policy and housing, the topics also include amounts invested, major influencing factors and popular investment locations. 79 percent of respondents expect a rather good result for their companies in 2019, 14 percent even anticipate a record year. Germany is still regarded as a safe haven. For the most part, the property professionals think the amounts invested here will continue to rise (55 percent) or remain the same (38 percent). With regard to the EU (excluding Germany), 44 percent still reckon with a further increase and 47 percent with the same level. Only for the UK does the pendulum swing in the other direction: 62 percent of respondents assume the amounts invested there will drop, 29 percent reckon with the same amounts.