Emerging markets lead global property recovery

Global commercial property markets are showing signs of a recovery as emerging markets lead strong rises for the S&P Property and REIT indices in Q2.

The latest Quarterly Global Property & REIT report from Standard & Poor's Index Services found property markets rebounded sharply in Q2. It reports the S&P Global Property Index soared nearly 38% during the period after falling almost 20% in Q1. Emerging markets powered the rise as the S&P Emerging Market Property Index rocketed over 56% in Q2. Regionally, the S&P Asia Pacific Property Index took poll position with an increase of almost 43% compared to North America which rose 31% and Europe, up 27%. Each index outperformed its S&P Broad Market Index counterpart. Emerging market RE...