As Head of Analytics for Europe, Robert is responsible for growing and leading CoStar Group’s European Analytics team as it produces insightful analyses of economic and real estate market conditions in the region.In April 2022, Robert joined the CoSt...
As Head of Analytics for Europe, Robert is responsible for growing and leading CoStar Group’s European Analytics team as it produces insightful analyses of economic and real estate market conditions in the region.
In April 2022, Robert joined the CoStar family with nearly 30 years of experience working at the cross-section of Europe’s financial and commercial real estate industries. Previously, he spent seven years as the Head of Capital Markets Research for the EMEA region at JLL, where he expanded its client network and oversaw strategic initiatives that impacted the pan-European capital markets. Prior to Robert was an equity analyst with Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.
Robert holds an MBA from ESADE Business School and a Master’s degree in Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is a member of the Society of Property Researchers, the Investment Property Forum and the European Commercial Real Estate Data Alliance.
For the second consecutive month UK inflation beat market consensus. In November, headline inflation came in at 3.9%, while economists were expecting 4.4%, according to the Financial Times. The month ...
Both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank decided to hold rates on Thursday after the Federal Reserve did the same on Wednesday. Financial markets were expecting the decisions and ...
Eurozone headline inflation fell sharply again in November to 2.4% from 2.9% the previous month. Headline inflation was at 8.6% at the start of the year. Core inflation, excluding volatile energy, ...
The real estate sector got a boost from the lower-than-expected United States inflation figure released on Tuesday, which was reinforced by sharply falling United Kingdom inflation on Wednesday.
The Bank of England kept the bank rate at 5.25% as expected following similar moves by the ECB and the Federal Reserve. The bank also presented its forecasts. It expects inflation to fall to 4.8% in ...
Real estate investors felt relief as eurozone headline inflation beat market expectations by dropping to 2.9% in October from 4.3% the previous month. A Reuters survey among economists showed ...
At sister publication Business Immo's second Big Up conference in Paris, US and European CoStar Market Analysts gave overviews of what trends they were seeing in their own markets. Here, Robert ...
This is the final part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on ...
UK headline inflation fell to 6.7%, down from 6.8% against expectations of a rise to 7.3%. The positive surprise puts pressure on the Bank of England to leave rates unchanged when it meets on ...
This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...
The former chief economist of the ECB made a bold prediction at the European Public Real Estate Association conference in London on 6 September. Peter Praet predicted the ECB would raise the deposit ...
This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...
This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...
This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...
This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. When Osaka-based developer ...
Eurozone headline inflation remained at 5.3% in August, slightly ahead of the market consensus of 5.1%, while core inflation fell to 5.3% from 5.5% in July, which was in line with expectations. ...
UK headline inflation in July fell to 6.8%, down from 7.9% in June in line with the consensus estimates. As a result, markets barely moved on the news.
The UK economy grew by 0.5% in June, following a fall of 0.1% in May 2023 and growth of 0.2% in April 2023. However, the month-on-month figure was distorted by the extra bank holiday in May for the ...