" “Take-up, which has been heavily dependant on the financial sector, will likely soften as the expansion of the financial groups declines.The future of the Luxembourg investment market will depend heavily on its main purchase group, the German funds.”     "

"“Overall activity on both the investment and the leasing markets has weakened considerably over the year. On non-prime locations both rent and yield levels are therefore under considerable pressure. On high-street locations rent levels remain stable, due to strong national and international demand. We expect prime retail to keep on outperforming the property market.”"

"Through to April, demand and rental values remained relatively stable. From May however, it was apparent that the occupier market was to become sharply weaker, due to the effects of the financial turmoil. This uncertain economic environment has mainly affected the investment market, with a rise in yield expectations on the part of investors of 150 basis points in the last twelve months."

" Our expectations for the office market compared to other sectors continue to be optimistic. We expect that some interesting properties will come on to the market in the coming months. Companies who are looking to dispose assets should set a clear and coherent strategy in order to maximise capital gains. "

" “Despite the challenging economy, the letting market performed well over H1 2008 with some key deals noted. It is the Capital Markets where activity has suffered with investment levels in Belgium down 46% compared to H107. Nonetheless, we have not seen an outward shift of the prime yield, which today remains unchanged at 5.6%. This is notable especially when compared to the shift elsewhere in Europe”  "

" “The prolonged impact of the credit crisis is causing pessimism in both occupational and capital markets. Average prime office rental growth is expected to be zero for the year and the repricing of risk to continue across all sectors.” "

" Investment market activity has been affected by economic uncertainty. Buyers continue to be looking for product although the number of transactions has dropped during the first months of this year. Investors are looking for consolidated and mature shopping centres which are dominant in their catchment area and that have a certain amount of growth potential. These are difficult times for the difficult product.  "

" “Consumer confidence and expenditure has been negatively affected by the global credit crisis and rising costs. However, retailers and developers are materialising their plans of expansion in undersupplied and developing regions.” "

" Due to the shortage of available quality space we expect rents to continue to rise albeit at a slower rate than in previous years.Yields will continue to soften, and this will provoke renewed interest from investor. "

" The investment market in 2008 will be marked by an increase of quality leased office buildings. The drivers of demand should remain strong with rents following a moderate upward trend. "