European real estate market: active buyers in the past 12 months in January 2016

This statistic shows active buyers in property investments on the European real estate market within the 12 months leading up to of January 2016, ranked by the number of properties purchased. In that time, AXA Group, the French multinational insurance company headquartered in Paris, which engaged in global insurance, investment management and other financial services and transactions, was ranked highest, with the total number of properties reaching 414. The second-ranked player on the buying market was Patrizia Immobilien AG, with headquarters in Augsburg, Germany. Patrizia's business included, but was not limited to, the acquisition, management, value optimization and sale of residential and commercial properties. In the ranking it was placed in the second position, with 373 properties bought in 12 months leading up to January 2016. The third company in ranking, Blackstone Group, counted 261 properties purchased in that time. The Blackstone Group was the American multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services firm.