Europe sees slower Asian investment

Asian investments into the European property market slowed slightly in the first half of the year, which may be due to a change in the market strategy of Asian investors, according to a report by global real estate consultancy firm Colliers International.

The report said capital from Asia Pacific comprised only 5 percent of the total European transactions from the second half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, with the market dominated by European-domiciled capital which accounted for 52 percent. This was followed by America with 20 percent while cross-border European transactions made up 18 percent and other global countries outside of Asia accounted for 5 percent.