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Our key calls for 2026

The recovery in European commercial property values is set to slow this year given the soft economic growth backdrop and elevated interest rates. Our forecast for euro-zone all-property total returns of around 7.5% would undershoot long-term averages. That said, prime office returns are likely to come in stronger than this, fuelled by solid rental growth which we are predicting to be much stronger than the consensus expects.

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