Spain has positioned itself as the second European country where investors are more willing to invest in real estate, with 19.9% of the total, just behind Germany, according to Knight Frank.
According to data from this consultancy, Germany is currently the country in Europe with the highest demand for real estate investment, with 28.5% of the total. After Spain, the United Kingdom (11.9%), the Netherlands (9.9%), France (9.3%), the Nordic countries (7.9%) and Poland (3.3%) are located.
These data have been presented at the Outlook 2018: Europe & Spain Investment Briefing meeting, organized by CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo and PropertyEU, and which has gathered more than a hundred real estate investment professionals at the office's headquarters.
Experts are confident that real estate investment will continue to grow in Europe and Spain during 2018, matching or surpassing 2017 data. For Maurizio Grilli, head of Analysis and Strategy at BNP Paribas Real Estate, "the possible increase in interest rates is not It will be something worrying, the only key for the sector in Spain is to keep the real estate supply under control. "
The political situation in Catalonia continues to be the main uncertainty for the Spanish real estate market, just as the result of Brexit is in the case of the United Kingdom, according to Álvaro Otero, partner in charge of Real State of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo.