Student living

European student housing deals rocket by 29% y-o-y

European student housing deals have rocketed by 29% y-o-y to €13.6b across the continent in 2017, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Student Accommodation Guide, published this month. more

INREV Folders

Strength in non-listed sector headed by resi, logistics - INREV

Investors in Europe's non-listed real estate sector enjoyed strong performance last year as assets continued to rise in value, as shown by the INREV Annual Index, published recently. The Index, which is made up of only core and value-add funds... more

Rolf Buch - Vonovia

Vonovia tops Starwood with Skr9.5b bid for stake in Sweden’s Victoria Park

Germany’s biggest residential landlord, Vonovia, has outbid Starwood Capital to offer around €900m for a stake in Swedish residential group, Victoria Park, thereby cementing the latest step in its strategy to grow the business outside Germany. more

Funds, numbers and figures

Occupancy rates at German open ended funds in further rise

Germany's eighteen open-ended real estate funds have been busy doing their housekeeping since the whole sector found itself back on a stable footing in the aftermath of the liquidity crisis and the introduction of new regulations guiding the sector. more

Frankfurt

CA Immo rejects Starwood offer

Austrian property group CA Immo has rejected a partial takeover offer by US investment firm Starwood Capital Group, it said last week. more

Commercial Property

MünchnerHyp backs €136m Hamburg resi deal, boosts new lending

German lender Münchener Hypothekenbank (MünchenerHyp) said earlier this month that is providing acquisition finance of €76.5m to the Deutsche Investment - Wohnen IV open-ended fund managed by Deutsche Investment Kapital-verwaltungsgesellschaft... more

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Construction site

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It was a bumper first quarter for Germany’s construction sector, marking the strongest first quarter for construction housing sales in 20 years, according to Germany’s construction sector association... more

Markets

Aareal Bank in Wiesbaden

Aareal Bank AG

Real estate lending volumes are likely to fall further in Germany this year, according to Anke Herz, team leader, Debt Advisory JLL Germany. more

Companies

Iris Schöberl - BMO

BMO Real Estate Partners

BMO Real Estate Partners, a unit of Canada’s BMO Financial Group’s Global Asset Management business has launched its second fund in its Best Value Europe series, Best Value Europe II (BVE II) following seed commitments from repeat investors. more

Companies

Investment - Buyer

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Sentiment among international commercial property towards high-risk real estate investment strategies has dramatically fallen over the past 12 months, according to online investment platform BrickVest’s latest commercial property investment barometer more

Investment

EPRA 2015 - Berlin

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It's now more than ten years since the German real estate industry was in a collective tizzy about the new forthcoming REITS legislation. more

Markets

Residential Property Germany

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German listed real estate investor Consus has expanded its development pipeline by securing deals for five new individual projects in Germany for a total expected sales volume of around €750m. more

Investment

Gifford West

REFIRE - Florian Glock

Gifford West, Managing Director of Boston-based loan sale advisor DebtX, alerted us to an upcoming sale of a $100m (€81m) commercial real estate portfolio for a major bank in the Ukraine. more

Markets

Banks in Frankfurt Skyline

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At a recent NPL industry event, a banker credited with completing some of the largest European NPL sales observed: “The Irish and UK banks were distressed sellers. Now their banks are on the path to recovery. The Italian banks refused... more

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