Commercial real estate braced for global slowdown

The latest property monitoring report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors points to a slowdown in commercial real estate. Sarah Moore explains.

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The world's major international commercial real-estate markets have so far weathered the political and economic storms of 2016 better than expected, says real-estate investment manager Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in its latest "Global Market Perspective" report. However, market data are sending mixed messages to investors, with the latest property monitoring report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) indicating a general slowdown in momentum across the global market.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.