Chart of the Day: Find out how much investment sales by property sector jumped since 2009

Total sales hit $27b.

According to Knight Frank, overall, the investment sales market performed better in 2013. It chalked up an accumulated sum of $27.0 billion, which represented a 11.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) increase.

This improvement was single-handedly lifted up by the spectacular sales transaction volume seen in 3Q 2013.

Here's more from Knight Frank:

Despite the conclusion of two big-ticket commercial and hotel transaction sales of approximately $1.4 billion in 4Q 2013, total investment sales plunged by as much as $8.6 billion, from $12.4 billion in 3Q 2013 to only $3.8 billion in 4Q 2013. This was largely attributed to the dismal performance of the residential investment sales market, as investors diverted their attention to the commercial sector amidst the property cooling measures on the residential sector.

Due to a limited number of larger sites being sold under the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme in 4Q 2013, total public investment sales plummeted to $0.6 billion, a significant decline of 84.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q).

Private investment sales also fell by 62.5 per cent q-o-q from the high base of $8.4 billion in 3Q 2013 to $3.1 billion in 4Q 2013. This is attributed to the decreased acquisition and REIT’s flotation in 4Q 2013. Nevertheless, private investment sales continues to dominate the market by making up 83.1 per cent of the total share of investment sales in 4Q 2013.