Global commercial real estate investment declined by 51% year-over-year in Q3 to $142 billion. Investment fell by 53% in the Americas, 54% in Europe and 31% in Asia-Pacific. Rising interest rates in many countries contributed to the significant drop of investment activity.
Global house price growth ticked up to 3% in Q2 of 2023, up from 2.9% in the previous quarter. About a third of markets saw prices decline during the most recent three months, narrowing from four in ten over the past year.
Based on the 10 cities covered by Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index, global rental values rise 7.5% in the year to June. While this rate was down from the 8.2% seen in Q1, and lower still than the 12.2% growth reached in the first quarter of 2022.
Based on Knight Frank's newly released Global Branded Residences Report 2023, the branded residences property sector has enjoyed sustained growth despite significant recent global economic turmoil.