Wien

German investors favour Vienna over high-priced London

Austria’s capital Vienna replaced London as the favourite investment destination of German commercial real estate investors in the first five months of this year, according to research group Real Capital Analytics, which tracks capital flows. more »

Frankfurt Hauptwache

German real estate tops list of investor favourites - KPMG

Global investors have ranked Germany as their top real estate investment destination for the next 12 months, according to the latest KPMG Real Estate Invest Survey 2014. The UK came in in third place, with the USA in fifth. more »

Mietpreisbremse

Rental cap to make residential less attractive for insurers - survey

The coming Mietpreisbremse, or rental cap, is likely to make investment in German residential a much less attractive proposition for insurance companies, although real estate as an asset class remains highly rated, according the annual trend... more »

DIFI Index

Financing index DIFI rises, margins tightening

Sentiment on the German market for commercial real estate financing, as reflected by the quarterly DIFI index, improved again in the second quarter, as Germany’s currently favourable economic climate led to a further rise in optimism in the period. more »

German home ownership house

LBS sees plenty of further potential for German home ownership

There is still plenty of potential for much higher rates of home ownership in Germany – traditionally the country with the lowest rate in Europe, bar Switzerland – and it could well be headed to a rate of more than 50% from its current 43%... more »

Adler Real Estate - Axel Harloff

Adler completes takeover of Berlin’s Estavis

The Hamburg-headquartered listed housing firm Adler Real Estate completed the takeover of Berlin property investor Estavis earlier this month, when it secured 92.7% of acceptances for the exchange offer for Estavis’s €23m share capital. ... more »

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According to Wüest’s managing director Sven Graven, “For the second half of the year, we expect significantly more construction activity, which in turn will lead to higher space turnover.”

Wüest & Partner AG

Wüest sees strong German second half on fundamentals

The latest half-yearly report from valuation and market consultants Wüest & Partner Deutschland provides a buoyant outlook for transaction volumes in German commercial real estate through the end of the year. The key drivers are the increasing... more »

Jul 17, 2014 Markets

The GPI Index is based on publicly available market data and BulwienGesa’s own proprietary research from 127 regional markets in Germany, and covers office, retail, residential (new and second-hand) and industrial, particularly logistics, properties.

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Peak reached in Total Returns, but good prospects thru 2018 –study

A new research study by real estate market research group BulwienGesa offers a fairly bullish prognosis for the outlook for German real estate investment over the next four years, but forecasts a halving of total returns over the period, to 6%... more »

Jul 16, 2014 Markets

Real estate fund manager Internos has bought the Maritim hotel in Dresden (picture) and the Mercure City hotel in Berlin in two separate transactions worth €75m for its Internos Hotel Real Estate Fund I.

X-Weinzar

Internos buys further German assets for hotel fund

Real estate fund manager Internos has bought the Maritim hotel in Dresden and the Mercure City hotel in Berlin in two separate transactions worth €75m for its Internos Hotel Real Estate Fund I. The sellers were AXA Investment Managers and Activum... more »

Jul 15, 2014 Investment

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GAGFAH

Shareholders happy as Fortress exits Gagfah for last €740m

It’s been all good news for residential housing group Gagfah shareholders in recent years, who are sitting on a six-bagger since the dark days of early 2009. Things were given a fillip last year with the arrival of CEO Thomas Zinnöcker from Berlin... more »

Jul 14, 2014 Investment

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