Much weaker commercial real estate investment volumes in the second quarter of 2020 reflect the impact of lockdown measures and border controls enacted to combat the COVID-19 crisis.
While early signs of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rental prices were already noticeable in the first quarter of 2020, the effects of the travel ban, which was valid from mid-March, are now fully visible.
A number of global cities are seeing sales volumes continue to recover with April looking to be the low point for residential activity.
The average annual price appreciation for all 150 cities tracked by the latest Global Residential Cities Index was 4.3 percent