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Car parks increasingly on investors’ radar
Car parks are increasingly on investors’ radar as they look for stable alternative investments in challenging economic times. According to Catella’s latest market tracker "The Market for Parking Facilities", parking remains an emotional investment e Read more
5 Dec 2022
B&B HOTELS
Holiday hotels enticing operators and institutional investors
Holiday hotels in Germany are bucking the trend, catching the eye of both operators and institutional investors alike who are keen to latch onto an asset class that is holding up well, despite the challenging economic environment. One group which has Read more
5 Dec 2022
officelovin.com
MSCI report highlights German decline among European markets
The latest Europe Capital Trends report from MSCI illustrates the extent of the decline in the volume of European commercial real estate investment in the 3rd quarter. Total completed transactions fell 37% to €53bn in the quarter compared to a year e Read more
15 Nov 2022
Givaga/ Envato Elements
French mortgage borrowers still paying less than Germans
The drastic rise in interest rates from the European Central Bank since the start of the year has effectively ended the decade-long boom in German residential house prices. But it hasn't had the same effect in France, where house prices in most big c Read more
14 Nov 2022
jll.de
Dampened expectations for full-year German bank lending
Germany's property financing banks have been operating extremely selectively over the past several months, opting for only the choicest financing on the most blue chip projects and funding extensions, as evidenced by a new report from broker JLL and Read more
14 Nov 2022
Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken (vdp) e. V.
BelWertV adjustment spells good news for lending value calculation
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has amended the Mortgage Lending Value, or Beleihungswertermittlungsverordnung (BelWertV), by getting rid of rigid minimum capitalisation rates which, going forward, will be tied to the devel Read more
28 Oct 2022
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Open-ended AIFs growing faster than in 2021
Open ended real estate special AIFs have grown faster in the first eight months of the year than in the same period last year, according to INTREAL and the Bundesbank. Net AUM increased from €156.2 billion in January 2022 to €169.4 billion by August, Read more
27 Oct 2022
christian-lindner.de
Germany considered ‘paradise’ for money laundering
Finance minister Christian Lindner is on a mission to ban cash purchases of real estate in a bid to put paid to Germany’s reputation, in his words, ‘as a money laundering paradise’. ‘We have the courage for great success,’ Lindner said in a recent s Read more
26 Oct 2022
FAP-group
Demand for alternative finance on the rise – Mezzanine Report
Demand for alternative finance is on the rise as many traditional lenders tighten their belts, according to the latest “Mezzanine Report” by FAP, the Berlin-headquartered independent advisory company specialized in raising and structuring capital for Read more
12 Oct 2022
Unsplash
Almost 80% of global hotel investors intent on buying hotels this year
Almost 80% of hotel investors globally are intent on buying hotels this year, according to JLL’s Global Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey published last week. Investors expressed an increased appetite for hospitality as fundamentals continue to improve Read more
10 Oct 2022
