The prospects of the Greek market professional real estateas recorded by experts’ views, they are optimistic, especially for tourist real estate that today attracts the greatest interest of the other categories and seem to have the best prospects for demand for the coming years, according to a survey by Cerved real estate services.

Specifically, the survey states, inter alia, the following:

Categories of real estate that gather the greatest interest

According to the results, tourist properties remain at the top of the interest with 36%, followed by stores in central trade plates with 30%, modern offices with 21%and storage with 13%.

Investment or identity

Regarding buyers’ incentives, 43% of participants believe that investment and ownership are equally important, while 38% report that buyers are mainly aimed at investment real estate and 19% prefer property property.

Office Buy: What are the areas that stand out. The center of Athens and Thessaloniki gathers the largest dynamics for offices, according to 44% of experts. In Athens, there is also interest in the northern and southern suburbs (29% and 26%), while in Thessaloniki the eastern regions of the city account for 38% of the preferences and the west 18%.

Features that increase the value of an office: The factors that contribute significantly to the value of an office are location (49%), energy efficiency and transport service from MMM (22%) and surface (6%).

Office price trends: The office market shows up to 48% of participants. 47% predict stabilization and only 5% decrease in prices.

Market Market: The areas with high demand in Athens and Thessaloniki. The center of the two cities attracts the biggest interest in stores (52% in Athens and 60% in Thessaloniki). In Athens, the southern suburbs (24%), shopping malls (19%) and the northern suburbs (5%) followed. In Thessaloniki, the eastern suburbs and shopping malls account for 20% of the preferences.

Store Price trends: Shop estimates remain similar to offices: 47% upward trend, 47% stabilization and 6% decrease in prices.

Storage spaces: The areas gaining ground: West Attica accounts for 54% of the interest, followed by the EO axis. Athens-Thessaloniki (19%), the wider Mediterranean region (16%) and the center of Athens (8%) in Attica. In the prefecture of Thessaloniki, 88% of the preferences are in western Thessaloniki.

Features that increase the value of storage spaces: the position remains dominant (47%), followed by energy efficiency and modern characteristics (29%) followed by the surface (24%).

Storage Price Trends: The voltage is stabilizing according to 60% of respondents, up 36% and downhill for just 4%.

Future Demand Forecasts (2-3 years): The majority of experts (45%) predict that tourist properties will continue to concentrate the most demand, followed by stores in central trade plates (21%), storage spaces (19%) and modern offices (15%).

Cerved’s research shows that the prospects of the Greek professional real estate market as recorded by experts are optimistic, especially for tourist real estate that today attracts the greatest interest of the other categories and seem to have the best prospects for demand for the coming years. Buying interest is also manifested for modern offices with high energy efficiency, central shops and storage spaces where the overwhelming majority of their price trends are either stabilizing or upward.

The survey involved certified appraisers and real estate consultants from real estate agencies throughout Greece.