The United States has overtaken China to become the world’s largest real estate investment market, according to research published by Cushman & Wakefield. With better relative economic growth, quantitative easing, and low interest rates all continuing to encourage investors to spread their interest in property, U.S. real estate investment performance is set to improve further. The report forecasts global investment volumes to rise by 11 percent in 2015 to $1.34 trillion, led by Europe and the United States. Global real estate investment fell in 2014 for the first time in five years, dropping 6.3 percent to $1.21 trillion, but this decline in activity can be solely attributed to a drop in Chinese land purchasing. The Americas saw strong investment market performance in 2014 with yields edging down to historic lows in many markets and volumes rising 11.4 percent to stand at 71 percent of their 2007 peak.
