Investors driving world property market values to hit $US13.6tn

``The total value of the world's property markets hit a record high of $US13.6 trillion in 2014, up 4 per cent year on year, as investors poured cash into real estate assets around the world... Cash-rich investors seeking returns in the ultra-low interest rate environment were the main drivers of the boom. The volume of equity being invested increased by 8 per cent in 2014, DTZ found.''