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Residential prices still rising despite growing fears of "end of cycle"
Despite growing signs of uncertainty and even outright pessimism in Germany's residential housing market, the prices of apartments and houses continues to rise, as shown by new figures for the first quarter from the VdP, the Association of Pfandbrief Read more
25 May 2022
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Investor optimism returns to Berlin housing market after scares of 2020
After a turbulent couple of years on the Berlin residential housing market, characterised by the ravages of the pandemic, the drive for expropriation of the city's largest property owners, and the Mietendeckel decision - and subsequent overthrow by G Read more
25 May 2022
berlinhyp.de
Climate change regulations set to increase as quango appointments proceed
The fourth ZIA Finance Day took place in Berlin recently, a get-together of leading heads in the real estate industry under the auspices of the industry's leading lobby organisation, the Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss, or the German Property Federati Read more
10 May 2022
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Non-listed real estate attracting capital at pre-COVID levels
Capital raised for European non-listed real estate has recovered to a pre-pandemic record high, showing a 107% increase on the €123 billion raised in 2020, according to the Capital Raising Survey 2022 published by ANREV, INREV and NCREIF, presented a Read more
9 May 2022
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Berliner rent index declared invalid in significant court judgement
In a court ruling which could have far-reaching consequences for residential tenants and landlords, the Spandau District Court in Berlin ruled that Berlin's Mietspiegel, or rent index, was neither a qualified nor a simple rent index, and in effect ha Read more
19 Apr 2022
wuestpartner.com
Wüest Partner study shows higher returns in smaller eastern German cities
A new study by researchers and valuers Wüest Partner shows just how the eastern German housing market is still characterised by large regional differences, but also highlights how investors may have greater return opportunities outside the bigger cit Read more
19 Apr 2022
memo-media.de
German building-site stoppages threatened as supply shortages bite
Supply bottlenecks are now becoming acute on German building sites, as the effects of the war in Ukraine ripple through to add to existing logistical and supply chain problems across the globe. The German construction industry is calling for the revi Read more
19 Apr 2022
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Constraints on bank lending unlikely to halt upward residential price spiral
Signs of growing worry about the seemingly unstoppable rise in the price level of German residential housing are becoming increasingly apparent at the country's two financial watchdogs, the BaFin and the Bundesbank. The two institutions, particularly Read more
13 Apr 2022
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There's no way around it - German residential rents are still headed upwards
Despite the COVID pandemic, German residential rents have proved highly resilient, with nearly all German cities seeing rising rent levels throughout 2021. While the rate of rental growth has slowed in the biggest cities, growth momentum has been par Read more
12 Apr 2022
savills.de
Warning on trend reversal in German student housing market
A new study published by property advisors Savills warns of a potential trend reversal in the booming German market for student accommodation, suggesting that investors may need to pay much closer attention to the specific details of both the geograp Read more
11 Apr 2022
