12.10.2015 - Qatar largest investor from Mideast in global real estate
Qatar was the largest source of Middle East's capital outflow into the global real estate sector last year. Driven by its Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), Qatar invested $4.9bn in international commercial real estate sector. Saudi Arabia has emerged as a significant new source of capital. From almost nothing reported in 2013, Saudi Arabian investors spent $2.3bn on international commercial real estate in 2014, according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE Group. London remained the main beneficiary of the Middle East's capital outflow in the real estate sector last year. But while retaining the top spot, London was no longer as dominant, with a 32 percent share of all Middle East outbound investments in 2014, compared with 45 percent in 2013...............................................Full Article: Source
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