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Food-anchored store deals shine amidst gloomy retail background
With classical retail still very much in the doldrums, the last month has been characterised by a flurry of deals within the German grocery-anchored retail sector, with many of the sector's most active players featuring in at least one deal. Read more
7 May 2021
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Interhyp, Dr. Klein, other brokers see rising demand for forward loans
Fears of rising inflation and climbing bond yields have led to deteriorating conditions for borrowers for German residential property over the past couple of months, according to the monthly Bauzins-Trendbarometer issued by private mortgage... Read more
2 May 2021
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Germany's Pfandbriefbanken 'holding up well' through pandemic - vdp
Germany's Pfandbrief-issuing banks are coming through the pandemic crisis well and are adapting to business realities, according to the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp), whose president, Louis Hagen, was addressing the recent annual press Read more
2 May 2021
Skjerven Group
Longstay, Extended Stay - Germany recognising shift in market needs
As reported elsewhere in this issue of REFIRE, and on our website, one of the most resilient sub-sectors within the hotel and hospitality industry has been the Longstay segment, or Extended Stay, as the Americans call it. By far the biggest deal sinc Read more
2 May 2021
E & G Real Estate GmbH
Kingstone adds to office fund, launches new healthcare property platform
It's been a busy period for recently-founded independent investment boutique Kingstone Real Estate, adding to one of its existing funds and at the same time launching its own healthcare investment platform. Read more
29 Apr 2021
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Rental yield atlas highlights student and fast-growing cities
German mortgage finance specialist Baufi24 has published its Mietrenditeatlas with its latest estimates of the gross annual yield on residential real estate investments. The study gives the average annual yield for residential property... Read more
27 Apr 2021
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Green bonds and green financing move further up the agenda
It's green whichever way you look these days, as banks and real estate companies pull out all the green stops to ensure their bonds are taken up or their lending programmes are smoothly refinanced. Read more
6 Apr 2021
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Deutsche Konsum REIT-AG filling war-chest after South Africa listing
We reported last month on the move by Rolf Elgeti's Deutsche Konsum REIT-AG (DKR) to launch its secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which it has since done. The company in the meantime published its full year figures at its recent A Read more
6 Apr 2021
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Immofinanz increases takeover offer for rival S Immo
Vienna-listed Immofinanz has substantially raised its offer for cross-town rival S Immo, upping its earlier bid by 23%, albeit with strings attached. Immofinanz is already the biggest shareholder in S Immo with 26.5%, but... Read more
28 Mar 2021
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DEMIRE and RFR team up to buy €270m Frankfurt asset
The listed DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG, which specialises in commercial property in Germany's smaller and medium-sized towns and cities, recently teamed up with RFR Group in a 50-50 joint venture to buy a landmark office property... Read more
28 Mar 2021
