Real Estate Overview - Ernst & Young - Australia

How can you manage your company through the recession and position yourself for growth? After interviewing thousands of RE executives, we identified some overarching themes. From increasing capital to reevaluating your business model, we reveal the lessons that could mean the difference between surviving and thriving in the new economic environment.

Despite the effects of the global recession, China’s central government has indicated the financial stimulus measures (pdf, 1.4mb)  introduced last year are taking hold, and the economy is expected to return to GDP growth in excess of 8% for 2009. Still, investors should balance the complexity of investing in another country against its opportunities. Read our recommended strategies to better understand the playing field.

This year's report includes local intelligence and insight from the Ernst &Young professionals who work with REITs in every market analysed. Offering country-by-country analysis, as well as global comparisons of market size, volumes, returns, balance sheet and income measures, the 2008 Global REIT Report (pdf, 3.25mb) helps REITs and other property investors to make more informed investment decisions around the REIT market.