A good indicator of the important things to come is the performance of the major stock markets in major economies world wide. We are bombarded by a lot of ?good news? about the real estate businesses in just about every corner of the globe. Most of this good news sounds like lip service and biased infomercials on a particular business interest.

We really have to look at the real estate stock market trends as these are good indicators of how strong the sector is in these countries. Let us take a critical look at these major real estate stock markets and see how they have been faring amidst the economic storm buffeting most economies world wide.

Spain Real Estate Stock Market Trends

Real estate investors have been raking enormous profits amidst the boom in the real estate industry. However, there is a ball of gloom hovering in the horizon and threatens this sector. After going through 5 years of sustained growth, with 2006 turning out to be a banner year, growth has been grinding to snail's pace since last year.

There is now a continuing erosion of confidence in the real estate stock market and the positive trends seen in cheaper markets like Bulgaria and Morocco has not helped Spanish investor at all.

UK Real Estate Stock Market Trends

The UK's expanding residential segment has not shown any indication of slowing down, however, there are already leading indicators that things might be different in the near term with upward pressures on interest rates and prices. Particularly in the residential sector, prices have maintained its uptrend for a longer period now.

We are also seeing mixed results in the peripheral markets in UK, where some are doing amazingly well while others are struggling to keep afloat. Though there might be some negative feedback, the overall prospects for the UK's real estate stock market remains fairly bright, at least in the short term.

US Real Estate Stock Market Trends

The residential segment of the US real property industry has been experiencing one of the most dramatic downturns for the past few months. This is in stark contrast of the overall depressed conditions of the sector just a year ago.

One limiting factor for a continued growth is the overall tight financing options that are available right now. This has been putting a pressure on an already depressed market. There were short episodes of rise in prices but the overall prospects for the US real estate stock market is not yet bright.

Mumbai, India Real Estate Market Trends

Mumbai, being the financial capital of India, exerts leverage on the overall directions of the real estate stock market of the country. Mumbai has been the ?mecca? of this latest real estate boom in India. However, it faltered a bit after the devastating terrorist attack on the city recently.

Most real estate investors and realty experts see the market in Mumbai as not fully mature. There is even a growing fear in some sectors that the market is nearing an impending collapse.