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Germany’s looming problem of widespread poverty in old age
REFIRE participated in a useful discussion this week on a time-honoured subject that always has a particular resonance in Germany – namely, what measures can be taken to increase the leve of home ownership in a country that has long been a... Read more
20 Aug 2020
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Demise of pure retail funds evident in latest Scope analysis
As we report elsewhere in this issue of REFIRE, studies from both property adviser Savills and fund manager Wealthcap have identified a shift from commercial to residential – and preferably German residential – among investors looking... Read more
20 Aug 2020
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Retail investment market sees highest traded volume since 2015
While it’s almost commonplace now among analysts to view the German retail trade as the biggest category loser since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, spurred on by the rise and rise of ecommerce, the actual investments figures... Read more
19 Aug 2020
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10% increase in office employees in Germany over the past decade
With the world busy speculating whether we will all ever return to our offices instead of working from home (WFH), a new study on the history and trends in office working produced by the Cologne-based... Read more
19 Aug 2020
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German property foreclosure sales ‘set to rise by up to 20%’
German financial analysts are forecasting an increase in property foreclosures of at least 20%, and loan defaults of up to €100bn as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, once the laws introduced on 23rd March... Read more
19 Aug 2020
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Risk-Return profile headed for profound change – Barings Institute
Flexibility is the key now for real estate investors, as the corona crisis is likely to have long-term effects on real estate markets, is the clear message from a recent study by the Barings Investment Institute. Read more
17 Aug 2020
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Strong rise in German NPLs and insolvencies expected after summer lull
A fresh wave of non-performing loans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic lockdown can be expected, with commercial property loans to the forefront, according to a new study among risk managers in German lending institutions... Read more
17 Aug 2020
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Multi-family housing becomes ‘core investment’, led by Germany
With yields averaging 3.35%, the asset category ‘multi-family housing’ is moving out of the ‘alternative’ sector and becoming ‘core’, according to property adviser Savills. Germany, with its disproportionately large rental market, will be... Read more
17 Aug 2020
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Serious market slowdown for German student and micro-apartments
Even before the onset of the coronavirus crisis there were indications that the market in Germany for student accommodation and micro-living apartments was cooling down. On May 5th we published a guest column by Professor Günter Vornholz... Read more
17 Aug 2020
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Global property gloom reaches Germany – RICS Monitor
Not surprisingly, the gloom in the real estate sector worldwide has now reached Germany, with a majority of participants now seeing the commercial property market as being in a downward phase, according to the RICS Global Commercial Property... Read more
13 Aug 2020
