According to this report there is also a solid increase in investment investigations in this period and it is now more certain that there will be price growth in Madrid within a shorter time span than any other since 2008. When broken down in detail, projections in Madrid re slightly above the Spanish national average.
In other countries, Hungary, the Cheque Republic, Germany and Ireland indexes of the opinion about investment remained solid. In these cases, growth in demand exceeded supply, in terms of net totals, producing firm expectations of the growth in value of capital. However, it should be stressed that in Prague, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin, the perception of what the maximum for their markets might be, has risen, the report warns.
The Chief Economist at RICS, Simon Rubinsohn, commented on the world panorama, "Attitudes remains especially positive in several European markets after the latest results from the RICS Global Commercial Property Monitor.” The specialist explained, “As regards occupiers, cities such as Madrid, Budapest, Dublin, Munich, Berlin and Lisbon continue to show the strongest force in the world. In addition, trust on the part of investment markets continues on the continent, given that 9 out of 10 of the main values on the Index of Attitudes to Investment refer to European cities. This relatively strong period has coincided with economic indicators which are generally positive over the whole EU, with the economy looking at a solid expansion in 2017,” says the same source.