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INREV Index shows conditions hardening in European non-listed
Results from the recent INREV Quarterly Asset Level Index reveal the negative impact of COVID-19 on the European real estate industry, with total returns tipping into negative territory for the first time – down from 0.50% in Q1 to -0.33% in Q2. Read more
14 Oct 2020
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Prominent hotels facing the axe as COVID-19 savages hotel industry
With the coronavirus decimating the hotel and hospitality industry, last week saw three prominent hotels being administered last rites as losses throughout the sector continue to spiral. Among the biggest names announcing their imminent closedown are Read more
7 Oct 2020
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Logistics demand seen outstripping supply through 2030
There has been an understandable focus on the Logistics real estate sector over the past six months, with general agreement that the segment has been a major beneficiary from the COVID-19 crisis, as the demands... Read more
5 Oct 2020
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COVID-19 leads to re-think about attractions of sale-and-leaseback
New real estate leasing business in Germany grew to €1.5 billion euros in 2019, with a number of observers tipping further strong growth, prompted by COVID-19. Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Residential funds dominate in range available to German institutionals
A recent survey by valuation and research specialists Wüest Partner Germany provides useful insight into the range of real estate funds currently available for German institutional investors – and highlights the weighting given to German... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Germany’s ifo business climate index sees further rise in September
Despite a renewed rise in the number of corona infections, overall sentiment in the German economy continues to brighten, according to the widely-watched ifo business climate index, which rose again in September. The construction and real estate... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Moody’s sounds warning on rising risks among German lenders
Rising risks among lenders, particularly among German banks with their strong exposure as commercial real estate financiers, are becoming increasingly worrying, warns rating agency Moody’s in a recent note. COVID-19 is threatening a wave of... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Chaos of Corona muddies clear picture of German bank lending
Once a year Professor Tobias Just of the IREBS Real Estate Academy of the University of Regensburg gives his “State of the Nation” presentation – or more accurately, presents his and his team’s German Debt Project, which we regularly report on... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Private German housing loans at all-time cheapest level
Financial services provider Dr. Klein’s latest trend indicator shows how private building loans in Germany are expected to remain extremely cheap for the foreseeable future, with ten-year fixed interest rates for private financing... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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Apartment prices for owner-occupiers to rise by 5% in bigger cities
The demand for German owner-occupied residential apartments (or ‘condominiums’) will remain high over the next two years, with prices continuing to rise, according to Professor Michael Voigtländer of the IW Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft in... Read more
28 Sep 2020
