The high and sharply increasing level of mortgage rates has transformed the market, favouring the logistics and renewable energy infrastructure segments

During the European Ceramic Days, held in Brussels from 27 to 29 November 2023, Cerame-Unie presented the “Ceramic Manifesto 2024-2029. Ensuring Europe’s Sustainability with ceramic manufacturing”, a document outlining the sector’s competitiveness priorities ahead of the upcoming European elections

Within an overall declining market, the worst-performing real estate sector is logistics. Investments in the North American market have reached their lowest point

Following the surge in growth triggered by the lockdown, the sector is consolidating with Europe-wide growth of 7% in 2022

Rental property investments remain profitable, especially in the case of studios, but while rental price trends remain positive and increased by 11.9% year-on-year in Q1 2023, they appear to be losing traction. The Netherlands, Germany and Portugal topped the rankings in terms of price increases, but Florence also performed well.

Investments totalled €40 billion in 2022, including almost € 1 billion in Italy. Prices are also rising, with purchase prices and rents up by 1% in 2022 and a further rise of more than 4% expected in 2023

The housing market has recorded excellent results in 2022, but the risk of a price bubble is just around the corner. Oxford Economics is predicting a 25% fall in prices over the next three years

Logistics and supply chain management are going through a period of unprecedented transformation in step with the changes in manufacturing and transportation, with technology acting as one of the main drivers behind the sector’s development in recent decades

In the hotel real estate market, global investments total €70 billion, including €26.6 billion in Europe and €3.1 billion in Italy

According to a recent study by JLL-Arthesia, urban areas will be increasingly focused on sustainability thanks to innovative farming and manufacturing techniques and will form new asset classes for the real estate sector

The construction industry in the U.S. is expected to grow in 2022, despite the ongoing supply chain challenges, including the shortage of building materials and rising prices, lack of skilled labor and expensive land.

Amid rising prices and increased sales, London and Germany are leading the way

The global real estate market still offers plenty of investment opportunities but is increasingly seeing targets chosen according to connectivity and sustainability

The pandemic led to an 8.7% contraction in the global tile market in 2020. Analysis of consumption patterns in the world’s main countries

The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken to combat it have brought profound changes to our behaviour and lifestyles, while the lockdowns in particular have forced a significant portion of...

Prime global real estate is showing unexpected resilience in the face of the pandemic, as Covid-19 redefines lifestyles all over the world

According to the Cushman & Wakefield report, the world will experience a series of seismic demographic shifts over the next decade. These changes will produce profound impacts, particularly for the real estate sector. India and China are amongst the areas that will see the biggest growth in the real estate market

Hotels and residential rentals are amongst the worst hit segments.

The pandemic has struck all the world’s continents, albeit with different effects and degrees of severity between one sector and another.

The action taken by Italian ceramic companies to protect workers. Confindustria Ceramica donates €200,000 to the Hospital Foundation of Sassuolo and to hospitals in the province of Reggio Emilia for...

The market prospects for the construction industry, influenced by low interest rates, declining confidence and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

The growing role of rehousing and the digital sales channel

More sustainable homes could point the way to new sources of investment

External factors such as the contraction in international trade are impacting the various segments of the building industry and consequently tile consumption

Lisbon tops the rankings of European cities in terms of real estate development prospects. Madrid, Amsterdam and Helsinki are also well positioned.

First-half performance points to a strong finish to the year despite rising uncertainty. This is the picture that emerges from the Jones Lang Lasalle report on the global prospects for the real estate market

The 2017 Global Houzz Bathroom Trends Study, conducted by the world’s leading platform for home design and renovation, has revealed major changes in the way bathroom renovation projects are being carried out today

According to a Knight Frank report, ten of the twenty most attractive cities for prime property investments are in North America. London and Dubai are the top ranking cities for luxury hotels.

More moderate but at the same time more widely distributed growth is expected in the residential building segment (and consequently in tile consumption) in 2018-2019.

The most important resources are in Germany, the UK and France

A total figure of around US $3,300 billion was invested in the residential building sector worldwide in 2016, equivalent to more than 4% of global GDP.

U.S. residential construction market is made up of two main segments: new residential construction, the most important sector for ceramic tiles, furniture, electrical appliances and other house products; and new home sales, generating home improvement spending

Volumes generated by ceramic sanitaryware are increasing, while turnover remains stable and investments are decreasing after growth registered in 2015

The strong market performance is expected to improve further ahead of Expo 2020.

A million houses ready for renovation can be a driver for recovery and a great investment opportunity as a renovated home can see its value increased by up to 35%