Investment
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Motel One
Hotel investment down, even as occupancy and fundamentals recover
While there is plenty of evidence of a strong recovery in most segments of the hotel industry, the investment market is still on a dodgy footing, with the increased cost of money being the major impediment to a strengthened transaction market. Last y Read more
5 Feb 2023
https://www.inrev.org
European investors lowering RE allocations, Germany loses ground
For the first time in years, European investors have lowered their allocation target for real estate, according to INREV's Investor Intentions survey for 2023. This year's target is a 10.5% allocation, as against a current allocation of 10.8%, reflec Read more
5 Feb 2023
christian-lindner.de
New law obliges foreign entities to report German property ownership
As part of German Finance Minister Christian Lindner's crackdown on money laundering, particularly through exploiting Germany's lax laws on the transparency of property ownership, changes in the law are now imminent. Foreign entities will now have to Read more
5 Feb 2023
Mauro Sbicego
Mortgage finance rates rise again after end-of-year dip
Ten-year fixed-rate real estate loans in Germany are currently running at around 3.9%, slightly down from more than 4% at the peak in mid-October 2022. Further volatility in the range of three to four percent is being predicted by Germany's largest m Read more
4 Feb 2023
© PwC
Are shopping centres making a comeback?
Many shopping centres are still recovering from the COVID crisis but recent studies show that as consumer behaviour continues to shift, shopping centres might be moving out of the shadows. According to PwC's latest study "Retail in transition - Are Read more
4 Feb 2023
klimavest
Commerz Real impact fund Klimavest hits €1bn: Market is ‘hot for renewable investments’
Commerz Real’s Klimavest fund has reached an equity volume of €1 billion, just two years after its inception. The fund has invested in 33 wind farms and solar parks in operation and 10 solar park project developments in Germany, France, Spain, F Read more
1 Feb 2023
Werner Schüring, bundesregierung.de
New German home ownership subsidy programme to be introduced in June
The German government has announced definitive plans for the introduction of new subsidies to promote home ownership rates in Germany, following the phasing out of its Baukindergeld programme at the end of 2022. The planned €350m in subsidies are exc Read more
16 Jan 2023
assets.ey.com
EY Trend Barometer offers little comfort for investors for 2023
The extent to which Germany's real estate investment crumbled in the second half of last year was made clear in a presentation early-January by consultants EY, when they presented their annual EY-Trend Barometer, including their outlook for the comin Read more
16 Jan 2023
bauindustrie.de
Costs increase by 17% as building sector fears ‘complete collapse’
Figures released by Germany's Federal Statistics Office on the rising costs of building construction continue to cast a shadow on prospects for project developers, many of whom have now cancelled any developments they haven't started, and put a stop Read more
16 Jan 2023
spdfraktion.de
Health minister raises spectre of 'locusts' swooping on Germany's medical centres
Germany's controversial health minister Karl Lauterbach raised the spectre of the Heuschrecken, or locusts, looming over the German real estate industry for the first time in nearly fifteen years recently, when he vowed to push through a law preventi Read more
14 Jan 2023
