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Spreads between returns and risk-free bonds headed for further narrowing
The spread between yields on German open-ended mutual real estate funds and German government bonds narrowed last year to its lowest point since 2014, as the Scope rating agency shows in a recently-published study. The study compared the average annu Read more
25 May 2022
Andrew Fecheyr
BVK teams up with Goldman Sachs for further €300m secondaries fund
Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany's largest public occupational pension fund, has teamed up with Goldman Sachs Vintage Funds, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, to manage a €300m global secondaries real estate fund. The fund wi Read more
9 May 2022
interhyp.de
Forward loans for borrowers see surge in demand as mortgage rates double
German borrowers have seen interest rates for property loans double over the first three months of this year, with interest rates on ten-year fixed-term loans rising from 1% to almost 2%, as a result of high inflation and expectations of an Read more
13 Apr 2022
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INREV barometer signals clear shift in investor sentiment after record 2021
The latest sentiment barometer from European non-listed funds organisation INREV reflects the extent to which investors have been rattled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ongoing fears about inflation, and more general worries about the Read more
12 Apr 2022
Garakta-Studio/EnvatoElements
Off-market deals gain traction during pandemic, versus structured bidding
Just how many German real estate investment deals go unannounced, or aren't included in the annual figures compiled by all the big broker groups to meaure the overall market, is unclear. Many asset or share deals are transacted off-market, and don't Read more
11 Apr 2022
LightFieldStudios/EnvatoElements
Phoenix Spree returns to acquisition trail following Mietendeckel interruption
The UK-listed Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSD), a pure-play investor in Berlin residential housing, recently posted its full-year annual results for the year ended 31st December 2021, which saw it boosting its before-tax profit for the year by nearly Read more
11 Apr 2022
Greenman Investments
Greenman bets on tech, vertical farming to stay ahead in food-anchored retail
It's been full steam ahead for Greenman OPEN, the Germany-focused food retail investment fund, as its latest deals bring the fund's assets under management past the €1bn mark. Read more
7 Mar 2022
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German GNIW's sale-leaseback model shines in growing equity-release sector
The concept of "equity release" is fairly new in Germany and only now beginning to take hold among property owners who, for one reason or another, would like to liquidate some of the hard-earned equity in their house or apartment, built up after... Read more
7 Mar 2022
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Bonn research study highlights yield differential in B- and C-cities
A portfolio of residential properties held in smaller towns, both in Germany and in the wider world, might have offered higher yields over the longer term than the hotly-contested properties in large cities, according to an interesting new study whic Read more
1 Mar 2022
palmira-capital.com
Palmira gets green light for first-ever Article-9 logistics impact fund
Leading logistics asset manager Palmira Capital Partners received the official stamp of approval from German financial watchdog BaFin to launch its German Logistics Impact Fund, the first fund permit granted in full compliance with the coveted... Read more
1 Mar 2022
