European listed property books negative return in January

The European real estate sector, represented by the GPR 250 Europe Index, began 2013 with a negative return of 2.7%.

Returns for the individual country markets for January 2013 as expressed in euros are as follows:

Netherlands 2.9%
Sweden 2.2%
Austria 1.7%
Belgium 1.5%
Germany -0.2%
Finland -0.8%
Switzerland -2.0%
France -3.7%
Israel -4.5%
UK -5.1%
Poland -15.6%

On a regional level the results were

GPR 250 Global -0.4%
GPR 250 Africa -7.3%
GPR 250 Americas 0.1%
GPR 250 Asia -0.7%
GPR 250 Europe -2.7%
GPR 250 Oceania 1.9%