The future may remain uncertain for many asset classes, but the outlook is looking much brighter for real estate investments. According to an Ernst Young study, both volume and transaction size look ready to exceed levels seen in 2012. Sweden, Turkey and Luxembourg are considered the most attractive markets. Most of the 500 respondents of the 15 countries surveyed see the glass half full rather than half empty. The real estate sector is increasingly viewed as a safe haven. Three-quarters of investors surveyed say that the on-going Eurozone crisis will increase their activity in that particular area. This is a very encouraging sign; only a year ago, gloomy conditions in the Eurozone were expected to reduce European real estate asset investment activity.
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