Towards a European property index

This paper reports on the total returns achieved on European property investments in recent years, drawing on the IPD Indices of performance for six countries. The results demonstrate the dominance of ‘national’ factors in determining widely varying property returns, and lack of any evidence of convergence in rates of return or in the composition of investor portfolios. The issues involved in creating a property index with full European coverage, and progress towards that objective, are discussed. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications