In a recent article in the Italian business daily “ILSOLE24ORE”, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and CBRE weighed in on the trends of the Italian real estate investment market. Except for residential, Commercial real estate slowed down in 2018, although less than expected. According to CBRE, for example, in 2018 the Italian market the volume of […]
The Finance Ministry of the Italian government has recently added a memorandum to its budget in which it states that a total € 900 mln. in State-owned real estate properties will be disposed by the end of the current fiscal year. Invimit, a State-owned IMCO whose running several real estate funds in State-owned real estate […]
It is a golden year for the hospitality market in Italy, according to an article appeared in the Italian business daily, “IlSole24Ore”. JLL‘s top executive confirms that at the end of Q3 – 2017, Italy has registered 400 million euros in hotel transactions across the country, while last year’s investments closed at 1,142 million euros. JLL estimates that, […]
Over the past six months, Italian banks have unloaded considerable amounts of NPLs off their balance sheets, potentially making the Italian NPL market the most active in terms of transaction value at a global scale in 2017, according to study released by top strategic consulting firm, Deloitte. Last July, according to an article appeared in the Financial […]
Real estate investments in Italy reached pre-crisis levels. An account is given by a recent article published by Italy Europe 24 – IlSole24Ore. Foreign investors continue to play an important role in the Italian real estate recovery, representing about 60% of the total value of transactions with total investments of about € 5.5 billion in […]
The European real estate industry is experiencing a robust growth, according Italy Europe 24 – IL Sole 24 Ore. The general sentiment that emerged at the Mipim 2017 fair is that of optimism due to high liquidity in the market and the relative attractive returns the sector offers when compared to alternative investments opportunities. In […]
According to a recent article published by Italy Europe 24-Il Sole 24 Ore, the City of Florence has decided to attract foreign investments for the repositioning of City-owned real estate assets. Florence’s local authorities intend to attract foreign investments for the conversion and renewal of properties that are currently abandoned or in a state of […]
According to Italy 24, the English version of the Italian business daily IlSole24ore, Florence’s top hotels are banding together in a effort to attract high-end clientele. Firenzeyesplease is a web marketing initiative providing info and glamourous tips to potential guests of top hotels in the city. Among the initiative founding partners, The Four Seasons Hotel and Belmond Villa […]
Sovereign wealth funds are still interested in Europe. According to Italy24, the English version of the Italian business daily “IlSole24Ore”, international sovereign wealth funds have shown new interest in European RE markets for investments in core, value-added and opportunistic portfolios. Various RE portfolios have hit the Italian market in recent months like Fondo Cloe or […]
Jones Lang Lasalle has just released its 2016 biennial Global Real Estate Transparency Index, aka G.R.E.T.I.: in the report JJL measures the transparency in national real estate markets on a global scale. At the top of the list the U.K., followed by Australia, Canada and the United States. The first big European continental market gets fifth: France. And Italy? […]