Performance of European real estate assets bounces back in Q3 as the impact of COVID-19 eases

The INREV pan-European quarterly Asset Level Index recorded a total return of 1.20% in Q3 2020, recovering back into positive after the -0.33% total return reported in Q2. 

Key highlights of the Asset Level Quarterly Index Q3 2020: 

• The improved Q3 performance was largely driven by positive capital growth, with a quarter-on-quarter increase of 146 bps to 0.26%. The Q3 income return stood at 0.94%, a slight improvement on 0.88% registered in Q2.  
• Performance improved across all main sectors, with industrial/logistics bouncing back the strongest to deliver a Q3 total return of 3.08%, compared to just 0.11% in the previous quarter. Although significant, the quarterly 190 bps improvement still left the Q3 retail total returns in the negative at -1.10%. 
• Germany, France and the Netherlands all reported quarterly total returns of between 1.67% and 1.77% this quarter. With capital growth still in the negative, the UK market continued to lag behind with the Q3 performance of 0.34%, albeit a significant improvement on -1.94% reported in Q2 2020. 

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