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- September 1, 2014: Vol. 6, Number 8

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Investors drive global real estate stock growth

by Andrea Waitrovich

Global invested property stock set a new record level of US$12.9 trillion at year-end 2013, driven by improving sentiment and capital value recovery, according to the 40th edition of the Money into Property 2014 report by DTZ. This is up 4 percent from 2012, with growth across all three regions. Globally, growth in 2013 was led by a 9 percent increase in Asia Pacific, followed by 3 percent in North America and 2 percent in Europe in US dollar terms.

Real estate stock growth was caused by equity growth of 9 percent, while debt posted a 3 percent increase. For the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis, growth was recorded across all four debt/equity and public/private quadrants. But Europe continues to lag due to continued bank deleveraging. With debt up

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