Russian investment volumes forecast to be lowest since before the credit crunch
schedule 07 April 2014
The political and economic uncertainty of Q1 2014 has had a significant negative influence not only on Russian growth forecasts (according to our estimates the Russian GDP forecast for 2014 was downgraded to 0 pct), but also on the local real estate investment market. With the economy under pressure and investor sentiment uncertain, our analysts have revised down their expectations for investment volumes for 2014 to USD 3.4 bln from the USD 7 bln forecast at the start of the year. This downgrade in our 2014 forecast implies that investment levels could be the lowest in the post-crisis period and comparable to total investment volumes in 2009 when the investment volume reached USD 3.2 bln. But there may be some upside if activity increases by July. Total investment volume in Russia reached USD 472 mln in Q1 2014, down 77 pct compared with Q1 2013. It should be noted that this downward dynamic is largely a result of the record high volume in Q1 2013 (due to the sale of the Metropolis sho
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