Although German bund yields, our preferred measure of risk-free rates, have held fairly steady, commercial property investors cannot afford to ignore the sharp rise in Greek, Portuguese, and to a lesser extent, Spanish bond yields since the turn of the year. These bond yield movements highlight a risk that our forecasts for initial yields in these markets might be too optimistic.
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