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Labour market to weaken and weigh on German rents

We expect commercial property rental values in Germany to fall across all sectors in 2010 and stabilise in 2011. In particular, we doubt that recent signs of an improvement in the German labour market will be sustained. Indeed, as government wage subsidies expire for many workers later in the year, we expect a period of renewed weakness in the labour market, which will have a knock-on impact on occupier demand.

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