Pent-up demand for real estate and record levels of equity are expected to push global trading activity in 2016 up by 4%, according to the Atlas Outlook 2016 report, also launched by Cushman & Wakefield at MIPIM.
The real estate services company expects global trading volumes to increase to $1.3tn (£937bn) by the end of the year following a 2% dip in activity in 2015 to $1.3tn.
The Europe, the Middle East and Africa region is expected to perform well in 2016 as low interest rates and the effects of quantitative easing make debt more available.
C&W warned that this could lead to some misallocation over the long term, but in the short term the market could benefit from a 5%-10% rise in activity.
In Asia, the story is expected to be mixed, with core cities in China, Australia and Japan seeing activity growth at the expense of regional locations.
North America is set to experience another good year benefiting from a strengthening dollar, with cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and Boston all performing well.
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