Survey The Nordic countries
Survey The Nordic countries
- 2010
- EuroProperty 17 May 2010, 21-25(5) .
Restrictive planning laws have caused a dearth of new build and lower rents in Stockholm's office market. The domestic-led Swedish retail sector has proved to be resilient with sales volumes rising 0.7% month-on-month in March 2010. Austerity has hit the Danish office market. Finnish retail has fallen from its peak in 2008 but is still outperforming the office sector. Residential tops both retail and offices with Finnish house prices rising over the last four years. Finland's real estate investment market is worth Euros 38bn with transactions in 2009 the lowest for a decade.
Scandinavia
Restrictive planning laws have caused a dearth of new build and lower rents in Stockholm's office market. The domestic-led Swedish retail sector has proved to be resilient with sales volumes rising 0.7% month-on-month in March 2010. Austerity has hit the Danish office market. Finnish retail has fallen from its peak in 2008 but is still outperforming the office sector. Residential tops both retail and offices with Finnish house prices rising over the last four years. Finland's real estate investment market is worth Euros 38bn with transactions in 2009 the lowest for a decade.
Scandinavia