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Coronavirus: Answers to Legal Questions from Landlords and Tenants
This article covers legal questions for landlords and tenants in connection with the novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV), of which the world and Germany has had a pandemic number of documented cases in recent weeks. Read more
4 Apr 2020
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Landlords exposed to losses in new coronavirus protective legislation
In a note to clients last week, Berlin law firm Bottermann Khorrami highlighted an important anomaly in the German Bundestag’s legislative package designed to mitigate the negative economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Read more
31 Mar 2020
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German resi market remains buoyant despite coronavirus slowdown
Germany’s residential market remains buoyant, despite deals taking longer to go through due to an operational slowdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
27 Mar 2020
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Investors home in on outpatient healthcare
Investors are turning to outpatient healthcare properties in a bid to boost returns. Read more
23 Mar 2020
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SPD property spokesman Kühnert in feisty defence of rent cap policy
One of the highlights of the Qu Vadis conference held in Berlin in early February was undoubtedly the sit down interview between inquisitor, the always excellent Karsten Trompetter, and Kevin Kühnert, the deputy head of the SPD party and head of... Read more
19 Mar 2020
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Hotels take a hammering in quarterly Index as coronavirus bites
While it is going to be hard to say who the biggest losers are going to be from the coronavirus outbreak, it is already becoming clear that the hotel sector is being particularly savaged. The latest reading from the quarterly Deutsche Hypo Index... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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German closed-end fund inflows rebound robustly after lull
Figures released by the Bundesbank show that net inflows into German closed-ended property funds recovered strongly in 2019, growing by 13% after several years of falling out of favour with German investors. Read more
12 Mar 2020
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Demographics underpin German demand, but real returns to remain low
A useful new market intelligence report from Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate provides an overview of national and international investment and occupier markets, with its main thesis being that real estate will remain a much sought-after asset... Read more
5 Mar 2020
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German states see record haul from land transfer tax revenues
Germany’s sixteen federal states collectively hauled in a record amount of €15.8bn in land transfer tax (Grunderwerbsteuer) in 2019, effectively the stamp duty payable to each federal state’s government on the purchase of property. That represents... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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German hotel market grows, but biggest cities treading water
The German hotel market continues its steady 10-year growth path, with last year’s transaction volume rising by 22.5% to €4.9bn, according to the latest Hotel Market Report published by Engel & Volkers Hotel Consulting in cooperation with with HQ... Read more
27 Feb 2020
