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Demand for German home equity release soars tenfold
More and more property owners in Germany are selling a stake in their home to enable them to pay off other loans or to fund other dreams, particularly in retirement, according to partial sales portal, Wertfaktor. The typical owner seeking to do this Read more
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Building costs, inflation, refugees help underpin residential market stability
The Europace House Price Index, an index we track closely here at REFIRE as it follows actual prices achieved in the market rather than advertised or wished-for prices, has flagged a downturn in the price trend for new-build housing in its July readi Read more
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Phoenix Spree Deutschland sees Berlin valuations still holding firm
REFIRE reported back in April on UK-listed Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSD), a pure-play investor in Berlin residential housing, which had recently posted its full-year annual results for the year ended 31st December 2021. Those results saw saw it boo Read more
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'Avalanche' of investors eyeing self-storage in Germany
Self-storage facilities have moved into the mainstream in Germany as investors wise up to its stability, according to Russell Jordan, CEO of Space Plus. ‘Germany was the last big country to conquer for self-storage in Europe,’ he told REFIRE. ‘It us Read more
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Collapse in buyer demand sees abrupt about-turn at hybrid brokers
The worsening economic outlook, and in particular the abrupt collapse in demand for home purchases, is leading to a rapid reversal in the fortunes of many of the hybrid and cloud-based broker enterprises that have sprung up in Germany over the last f Read more