Real estate awards 2006: A perfect storm

It offers double-digit yields, is not correlated with the equity market and provides secure, long-term returns. Allocations of investment capital to real estate have therefore ballooned – and look set to keep on growing. Louise Bowman reports.

Real estate awards 2006:
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Find out which banks, law firms, property companies and advisors lead the way in global real estate in Euromoney’s second annual ranking. With investors pouring into the sector, market leadership can be highly profitable. Research by Kalin Trifonov.

WHAT’S NOT TO like about real estate as an asset class? This is a question that many investors are struggling to answer. Everyone from private investors, property funds, the institutional sector, commercial and investment banks and traditional property companies just can’t get enough bricks and mortar into their portfolios. “Volumes of capital investment in real estate are at record highs globally and at half-year are tracking ahead of 2005 levels,” says Mike Strong, chairman at CB Richard Ellis, which tops the global advisory category in Euromoney’s real estate poll this year.

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Real estate awards 2006: A perfect storm

It offers double-digit yields, is not correlated with the equity market and provides secure, long-term returns. Allocations of investment capital to real estate have therefore ballooned – and look set to keep on growing. Louise Bowman reports.

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