London named most attractive city for European real estate investment in 2021

London is considered the most attractive city for European real estate investment in 2021, reflecting its continued appeal and importance in a post-Brexit world, according to CBRE’s 2021 EMEA Investor Intentions Survey. Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam completed the top five with Munich and Hamburg ranking sixth and seventh, respectively, reflecting positive investor sentiment towards German cities.

With four cities appearing in the list of investors’ top 10 preferred cities, Germany is set to lead the investment recovery in Europe, with respondents indicating that they believe Germany will recover to pre-pandemic investment volumes most quickly. This is reinforced by the fact that actual investment volumes In Germany for 2020 were just 5 percent below 2019 levels. The Netherlands, France and Sweden ranked second, third and fourth, respectively, with the United Kingdom completing the top five recovery markets.

The survey was conducted in December 2020, just p