London World's Most Active Cross-Border Real Estate Investment Market in 2018

Global real estate consulting firm Knight Frank is reporting this week that in the first half of 2018 £5.6 billion ($7.2 billion USD) of international capital was invested in the London commercial real estate market. Hong Kong was second with £5 billion ($6.4B) and Paris third with £1.9 billion ($2.4B).
Asian investors dominate and accounted for £4.4 billion  ($5.6B) or 65 percent of which Greater China led the way with £2.6 billion ($3.3B) or 38% percent, and £1.8 billion ($2.3B) or 27% percent from other Far Eastern nations, with £906 million ($1.17B) of that from Singapore and £790m ($1B) from South Korea. London leads the way as the favorite destination for global capital as there is a significant and growing, the weight of cash targeting real estate as an asset class. The money derives from a range of investors that spans global institutions, to equity funds, to private capital, all of which value the ability to deploy capital in large lot sizes which London's commercial real estate offers.