"France Real Estate Report Q1 2015" now available at Fast Market Research

Following strong growth in the Parisian office and retail sectors in 2014, we also expect the capital to bear the vast bulk of the commercial real estate's growth in 2015. This development can however not distract from the fact that beyond the city's borders, little growth and transactional activity is taking place, due to the difficult macroeconomic situation in the country .

The French commercial real estate market has experienced some upwind over 2014. Especially - yet unsurprisingly - Paris has seen significant growth in its office market and some renewed demand in its retail sector. Overall demand and transactional activity outside the French capital, however, remained curtailed. The same goes for the industrial property sector which continues to suffer from a stagnating economic recovery and low export levels. Although demand growth in Paris is expected to increase yields and rental rates in the office and retail sector, other cities are likely to maintain current levels due to low demand levels. The office market in Marseille continues to provide greater stability than the capital with regard to rental rates, particularly at the lower end of the market. Similar stability could be observed in Nice.

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The positive backdrop of the commercial real estate market in 2014 has led us to expect continued growth in 2015. This is due to the well developed sector as a whole as well as growing opportunities related to the Euro 2016, and Paris' ongoing international appeal. Nonetheless, the primary focus of investment and transactional activity on the capital cannot distract from the overall problem on the French commercial real estate market for the country as a whole. It will be crucial to see how the reforms of President François Hollande affect the French economy and their implications for investors' confidence, as all three sectors of the commercial real estate market are critically dependent on the economic progress of the country; be it regarding...

The France Real Estate Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and independent forecasts of major construction projects in the residential and commercial markets, plus rental prices and yields in major cities. The report critically analyses the prospects for real estate within the broader economic and financial context - both domestic and global - via our econometrically-modelled and clearly explained banking and economic forecasts and follows this through to evaluate the implications for REITs.

BMI's France Real Estate Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, business investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the real estate industry in France.

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