The European listed real estate sector - as represented by the GPR 250 Europe Index - closed 0.6% higher in August 2017.
The best performing markets were Austria and Germany, while the UK and Switzerland came bottom of the pack as the only two countries to end the month in negative territory, according to the monthly report from Amsterdam-based index provider GPR.
Returns for the individual country indices, expressed in euros, were as follows:
Austria 5.7%
Germany 4.1%
Spain 2.5%
Belgium 1.0%
Sweden 0.9%
France 0.9%
Netherlands 0.5%
Switzerland -0.8%
UK -3.4%
Africa was the strongest performer in the regional indices:
GPR 250 Global -0.9%
GPR 250 Africa 1.8%
GPR 250 Europe 0.6%
GPR 250 Americas -1.1%
GPR 250 Asia -1.4%
GPR 250 Oceania -0.6%
