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Berlin Hyp AG
Pfandbrief banks welcome law amendment to safeguard Pfandbrief business in UK after Brexit
Germany’s Pfandbrief banks have welcomed the law amendment to safeguard Pfandbrief business in the UK after Brexit, following the Bundesrat’s adoption this month of the Tax Act relating to Brexit. Read more
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Four in 10 SMEs in the UK fear they will go out of business within one year of a ‘no deal’ Brexit: German firms in the UK also feeling the heat
Four in 10 SMEs in the UK fear they will go out of business within one year of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, according to a national survey carried out this month by SME landlord M7 Real Estate. Such is the chaos surrounding Brexit that 32% of the 1,084... Read more
Kintyre Investments GmbH
Kintyre hits €1.5bn of AUM
Frankfurt-based real estate investment and management firm, Kintyre, grew its AUM by more than 20% last year to €1.5bn, in a sign that more investors are setting their sights on Germany as Brexit chaos deepens in the UK. Read more
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Listed Belgian Immobel enters German market with Frankfurt tower
The Belgian Immobel Group has bought the “Eden” residential tower project in the Gallus district of Frankfurt am Main, marking the group’s first entry into the German market. Read more
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CapitaLand International targets German gateway cities
Singapore-based CapitaLand International - the wholly-owned international business unit of one of Asia’s largest real estate firms, CapitaLand Group – is on a drive to boost its exposure to German gateway cities next year... Read more
RICS
Macro downside risks fail to depress sentiment in European real estate
A report from RICS based on professional feedback to its latest quarterly Global Commercial Property Monitor says that Europe continued to show strongest momentum of all global real estate markets in third quarter, with German cities, Netherlands... Read more
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German cities are ‘absolutely overpriced’ - report
German cities are becoming too expensive for many investors, in a sign that they are not prepared to pay absolutely any price for prime assets, according to PwC’s ‘Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2019’ report, published this month. Read more
REFIRE
Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em
Last weekend’s elections in the state of Hesse brought the result that most people expected, and with it a further nail in the coffin of the remarkable career of Angela Merkel. Read more
Messe München GmbH
EXPO REAL 2018: which topics will keep the halls buzzing?
EXPO REAL will kick off again in Munich in a few days’ time. As conversations at the fair are a reliable barometer for investment in months to come, REFIRE asked some of Europe’s major players which topics we can expect to dominate this year. Read more
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‘Flight to safety’ escalates among international real estate investors
The ‘flight to safety’ has escalated over the past 12 months as international investors become more cautious, according to London-based online investment platform BrickVest’s latest commercial property investment barometer. Read more
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Upsurge of investment into Germany by Russian investors
A new study we stumbled across recently suggests that increasing number of Russians are now investing in German real estate. This probably comes as no surprise, but inevitably, quantitative figures have always been hard to come by. Read more
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Berlin again tops ULI/PwC Emerging Trends survey for 2018
For the fourth year in a row, Berlin has topped the table of the 31 best European cities for real estate investment and development in 2018, according to a forecast published by the Urban Land Institute and PwC. Read more
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Germany in 2018: market remains upbeat, despite political uncertainty
Despite the looming threat of entering a new year with no coalition government in place, Germany is poised for a strong 2018, real estate experts say. However, the failure of Angela Merkel’s CDU party to form a coalition government two months... Read more
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Subordinate financing grows, Brexit to boost traditional financing
Several panel discussions at the recent Expo REAL in Munich dealt with property financing, while two timely reports in particular appeared on the future availability of loan finance, and the growing market for subordinate financing in Germany. Read more
INREV
INREV: All-German Index produces 1.2% performance in Q2
The All German Vehicles Index delivered returns of 1.2% over the first quarter of 2017, according to data provided by INREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles. Read more
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Yanis Varoufakis: a progressive Brexit transition can be built – on both sides of the Channel
Insurgencies often end up betraying the ideals that motivated them. Brexit seems no different. In no time, it has shed its intellectually most powerful motive: the full restoration of sovereignty to the House of Commons. Read more
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Why London still shouldn’t worry about losing business to Frankfurt, Paris, or any other EU city
Japanese banks Nomura and Daiwa recently indicated they are moving their EU base to Frankfurt and are applying for the appropriate regulatory licences. The announcements follow similar ones from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, among others. Read more
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Frankfurt in pole position to benefit from Brexit
Frankfurt is one of the cities in pole position to benefit from the Brexit as more and more companies seek to move staff out of the UK. Read more
Sirius Real Estate plc
Sirius Real Estate on expansion path after jump in profits
Regular REFIRE readers will know that we have been bullish on the previously-AIM and Johannesburg-listed Sirius Real Estate for some time and have been following the company closely since its near-demise some years ago and its return to health... Read more
REFIRE
All Trumped out, as Frau Merkel sets determined new course
This was the week that a shaken Angela Merkel told her fellow citizens in a Munich beer hall that the EU must now be prepared to look after itself, and cast aside any expectations of solidarity with erstwhile partners the UK and the US. Read more