Latest data from JLL’s Global Capital Markets Research team reveals how Asia Pacific was the only region to see an increase in transactional activity, rising by 5 per cent, while the Americas and Europe both felt the effects of political turbulence, falling 9 per cent and 8 per cent respectively. The last quarter of 2016 saw global transactional volumes of $206 billion – a reduction of 2 per cent compared to the same period in 2015 – bringing the full year 2016 volumes to $661 billion, a 6 per cent decline from 2015’s $704 billion. Direct Commercial Real Estate Volumes
USD(in billions)
2015
2016
%change 2015-2016
Americas
314
285
-9%
EMEA
267
246
-8%
AsiaPacific
123
130
5%
Total
704
661
-6%