new delhi the worlds super rich people hold a fifth of their wealth in property estimated at usd 5328 billion while asias ultra rich have a greater share in real estate a report says according to international real estate advisor savills in association with wealthx property accounts for about a fifth of the invested wealth of almost 200000 ultra high net worth individuals uhnwis in the world of the total private wealth of usd 27770 billion 19 per cent is held in real estate assets amounting to usd 5328 billion it said europes super rich hold the biggest share of all privately owned real estate assets followed by asians rich people in europe hold 31 per cent of their wealth in real estate assets worth usd 2391 billion followed by asia 27 per cent at usd 1800 billion and the middle east 26 per cent at usd 880 billion global real estate is mostly residential and held by occupiers but private owners are becoming more important in the world of traded investable property according to yolande barnes head of savills world research she said that since the north atlantic debt crisis of 2008 sovereign wealth funds wealth management companies private banks and family offices have stepped into property deals that corporate bankers have deserted according to savills the total value of the worlds real estate is now around usd 180 trillion 72 per cent of which is owneroccupied residential property of the usd 70 trillion that is investable and therefore traded regularly including usd 20 trillion of commercial property over half is being bought by private individuals companies and organisations according to mykolas d rambus ceo of wealthx the uhnw population is expected to grow 22 per cent by 2018 and its combined wealth currently usd 278 trillion is expected to total over usd 36 trillion by 2018 this presents huge opportunities for those involved in global real estate investment to create the right product in the right locations rambus said about 3 per cent of the worlds total real estate value or usd 53 trillion is owned by uhnwis this wealthiest 0003 per cent of the worlds population has real estate holdings which are worth an average of usd 265 million each according to the report