Has COVID-19 made you hesitate when it comes to investment? It shouldn't when it comes to Berlin.

Despite 2020 having been a difficult year for a lot of sectors in real estate globally, the performance of the residential sector in Germany and specifically Berlin has been steadfast, with PWC & the Urban Land Institute ranking the city as having the best growth prospects of any city in Europe this year.

Their recent report offered some key insights on the trends in European real Estate for 2021. Our key takeaways are:

- "COVID-19 has served to reaffirm the safe haven status of German cities".

- Germany leads in country transactions by 29 Billion Euros

- In terms of overall prospects, the top three cities are: 3. Paris 2.London 1.Berlin

We hope these key metrics give investors confidence, even in such unprecedented times.