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Residential assets favoured in 2021, suburbs in demand
A number of reports reaching REFIRE’s desk, along with several conversations with active investors, suggest the mood among investors for German real estate remains buoyant, with residential real estate ... Read more
13 Jan 2021
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German home ownership rates fall yet again
For the first time since 1993, the proportion of German households living in their own home has fallen. By end-2018, the last time when reliable figures were available, the home ownership rate was just 42% percent, one percentage point lower than... Read more
5 Jan 2021
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Residential prices in Luxembourg continue steep upward rise
Residential real estate prices in the small prosperous Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, like in neighbouring countries Germany and Belgium, seem to have risen even faster as a result of COVID-19. New figures from the state statistical institute Statec... Read more
5 Jan 2021
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Kiel Economics expects further increases in housing prices
German residential property prices are set to continue upwards and are fundamentally justified despite the unusually sharp price rises over the past few years, according to a new study produced by consulting firm Kiel... Read more
15 Dec 2020
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Sentiment among German lenders holding up during second COVID wave
Sentiment among German real estate financiers in Q4 remained almost unchanged from the previous quarter, although at least the partial lockdown (‘Lockdown Lite’)in November failed to cause a renewed slump in the prevailing mood... Read more
15 Dec 2020
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Changes looming in New Year for owners of German residential property
Apart from the turbulent changes that everybody involved in real estate has already been experiencing this year, REFIRE readers should be braced for several further innovations in 2021, which will usher in significant changes in Germany in particular Read more
15 Dec 2020
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Three million senior living apartments needed by 2030 – Pestel Institute
Germany is facing demand for three million apartments suitable for the elderly to either be built or rebuilt by 2030, as the country becomes “really old” and increasingly impoverished in old age, according to a new study published by... Read more
15 Dec 2020
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Confusion about US troop drawdowns affecting Germany housing deals
Joe Biden’s US presidential election victory is adding further confusion to the decision surrounding the future of several US military sites in Germany, REFIRE has learned. Read more
15 Dec 2020
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Price differences remain, but eastern German cities increasingly dynamic
Every year business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and property portal ImmoScout24 produce their City Test, an annual ranking of German cities in terms of their business and real estate attractiveness. The ranking is ... Read more
9 Dec 2020
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Off-market transactions gaining as downturn in market looms
The off-market segment for German real estate will continue to grow compared to on-market deals and is actually benefiting as a result of the corona recession – according to the third annual Bulwiengesa survey of the off-market sector commissioned... Read more
9 Dec 2020
