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Laying the foundations for a stronger investment market

Today’s ECB Bank Lending Survey suggests that the tightening in credit conditions faced by business across Europe may now be at an end. At the same time, however, lenders do not yet appear ready to put that tightening into reverse. Thus, tight credit conditions are likely to remain a brake on investment market activity and a risk to occupier demand, for some time yet.

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