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German investment snapshot shows growing optimism led by office recovery
As the German real estate industry prepares to gather in Munich for the Expo REAL, for many probably the first major industry gathering since the onset of the COVID pandemic more than eighteen months ago, investment turnover in German real estate rea Read more
7 Oct 2021
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New study highlights huge shortage of German care places by 2040
As we don't tire of reporting in these pages, the demographics are all pointing to a future gaping shortage of elderly care places, with current construction of suitable care home places falling well short of rapidly increasing demand. Read more
7 Oct 2021
Targa Communications
Roundtable on Debt Finance
REFIRE and Targa Communications continued in September with the monthly Roundtable discussions on various subjects, broadcast as live webinars moderated by Charles Kingston of REFIRE and Andrew Barber of Targa Communications. This time the focus... Read more
5 Oct 2021
CFA Society Germany e.V.
Blockchain has potential to revolutionise real estate market
A useful new study released by the Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) and the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management looks at the global tokenisation of property. Read more
5 Oct 2021
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New Berlin city government to tackle expropriation debate after "YES" vote
On the same day as the federal elections, Berliners voted on whether to nationalise thousands of housing units owned by the large real estate giants owning more than 3,000 apartments, against a background of rising rents and a shortage of... Read more
4 Oct 2021
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Sentiment brightens among financiers, continues upward trend
The trend among financiers of German real estate continues upwards, extending a pattern of rising optimism lasting more than a year, the latest BF Quarterly Barometer shows. Read more
25 Sep 2021
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Germany fights back against money laundering in the property market
It is widely acknowledged that for all the positive appeal of the German legal environment and investment framework, which practically acts as a guarantor of good and safe title to almost any property acquisition, the German real estate market has... Read more
23 Sep 2021
Invesco Ltd.
Invesco study on European hotels sees return to long-term trend
As the market recovers from the effects of the Covid 19 crisis, the European hotel sector will resume its long-term trend path and record high annual growth rates again, according to a brand new study by asset manager Invesco Real Estate (IRE). Read more
23 Sep 2021
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BelWertV seen as "lost opportunity to overhaul property valuation process"
It's not just since the financial crisis in 2008 that German lending banks appear sometimes obsessive about the need for stable property prices, and in particular the relationship between their permissible lendable exposure and the market value of th Read more
20 Sep 2021
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German social housing shortfall increases as stock falls 2.3%
There are many reasons for the current shortage of social housing in Germany and as many potential ways to alleviate the shortfall and control rental price increases, which result from an increasing imbalance of supply and demand. In Germany... Read more
15 Sep 2021
