_Economy and Finance

http://www.propertywire.com/news/global-news/global-office-predictions-2014-201312178577.html Steady growth predicted for the global office market in 2014 Tuesday, 17 December 2013 The global office market is poised for slow steady growth in 2014, while 2015 should be more robust as recovery takes hold and business gains renewed confidence, according to a new report.

Starwood Capital joins rivals in Europe's property loans market By: Chiara Albanese 07 Nov 2012 US real estate firm Starwood Capital Group has launched Starwood European Finance Company, a European real estate finance platform aiming at taking advantage of financing opportunities arising from the retrenching in bank lending in this space. http://www.investmenteurope.net/investment-europe/news/2223167/starwood-capital-joins-rivals-in-europes-property-loans-market

'Tempting returns' for Asian investors in European real-estate debt Asset manager thinks Asian investors will be drawn by yields of up to 12 per cent from non-bank lenders in European real estate Friday, 07 September, 2012, 11:36am Paggie Leung paggie.leung@scmp.com Asset manager BlackRock believes Chinese and other Asian investors may be lured by high returns to invest in a growing market for real-estate debt in Europe. http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1029464/tempting-returns-asian-investors-european-real-estate-debt

Property Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval By James Wilson in Frankfurt Published: October 2 2009 16:02 | Last updated: October 2 2009 16:02 Frankfurt’s property market professionals are surprisingly optimistic about the city’s prospects in spite of the inevitable upheaval that the deep banking crisis has caused in Germany’s financial capital. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0b8a95a-ad13-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PXw36Vqx