HUNGARIAN INVESTMENT SENTIMENT SURVEY

“WHICH ASSET CLASS / RISK PROFILE WILL BE MOST POPULAR IN HUNGARY IN 2019?”

POPULARITY BY ASSET CLASS

shouldbe carefully watched, CBRE expect a clear increase in investment volume here – together with 10% of the respondents. Based on risk-profile, low risk core and core-plus assets are clearly preferred to investment opportunities linked with higher risk. Looking at the market of distressed and vacant properties, very few feel the momentum to be strong to enter here in 2019.

While globally office, industrial and residential are neck-to-neck in the race for most popular asset class, in Hungary offices remain the clear favourite for investors. Industrial has now overtaken retail in investment preferences (22% vs 10%) and multi-let assets are always preferred to single-tenant opportunities. Alternative assets remain off radar for most investors – mainly because of the immaturity of the Hungarian market. However, hotel investment