Global real estate investment plunges amid covid pandemic

Global real estate investment fell by 33 percent in the first half as the coronavirus pandemic battered economies and disrupted deals.
Photo: Gregers Tycho/JPA
Photo: Gregers Tycho/JPA
By Todd Gillespie / Bllomberg

The Asia-Pacific region took the biggest hit, with volumes down 45 percent from the year-earlier period, because it was the first struck by the outbreak, according to a report from broker Savills Plc. Investment dropped by 36 percent in the Americas and 19 percent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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