BANKS SEE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STILL SLIDING, WITH RESIDENTIAL STABILISING The real estate landscape in Germany is bracing for a continuing downtrend in property prices, with the Pfandbrief-issui...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/banks-see-commercial-property-still-sliding/
BUILDING INDUSTRY ALLIANCE HAMMERS OUT NEED FOR MAJOR CHANGE As Germany grapples with an escalating housing crisis, the recent Housing Construction Day in Berlin brought together industry leader...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/building-industry-alliance-hammers-out-need-for-major-change/
HISTORIC OUTFLOWS AT GERMANY'S OPEN-ENDED PROPERTY FUNDS REFIRE has been reporting since the middle of last year on how Germany's open-ended property funds are experiencing significant net outfl...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/historic-outflows-germany-open-ended-property-funds/
NO END TO STEEP FALL IN ISSUANCE OF GERMAN BUILDING PERMITS There is no respite to the downward trend in the number of building permits being issued in Germany, with January and February seeing ...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/no-end-steep-fall-in-issuance-of-german-building-permits/
HOTELS INVESTMENT MARKET REMAINS HIGHLY SUBDUED It's still all very quiet on the hotel investment front in Germany, with the major property brokers reporting a very subdued transaction volume of...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/hotels-investment-market-remains-highly-subdued/
SHIFT TO MORE INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE GATHERS PACE A recurring topic of conversation at the recent MIPIM trade fair in Cannes was the heightened interest shown by investors in infrastructure...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/shift-to-more-investing-in-infrastructure-gathers-pace/
REVISED CLIMATE PROTECTION ACT SETS NEW BENCHMARKS FOR MEETING GOALS In a significant development for Germany's environmental policy, the traffic light coalition has successfully negotiated amen...
GERMANY STRUGGLING TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE TARGETS IN HOUSING REFURBISHMENT In the quest to align with climate ambitions, the refurbishment rate of Germany’s residential buildings is going to need ...
EXTENSION OF MIETPREISBREMSE STIRS UP MIXED REACTIONS AMONG HOUSING INVESTORS In a significant move aimed at stabilizing the housing market, the German government has extended the Mietpreisbrem...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/extension-of-mietpreisbremse-stirs-up-mixed-reactions/
SECONDARIES MARKET FLOURISHES AS FUND OUTFLOWS CONTINUE With transactions in German office properties completely in the doldrums, the secondary market for trading in property funds is flourishin...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/secondaries-market-flourishes-as-fund-outflows-continue/
GREYSTAR'S BERLIN PROJECT SPEARHEADS RENEWED GERMAN HOUSING STRATEGY The global residential specialist fund manager GREYSTAR has been ramping up its activities in Europe for the past several yea...
INTREAL BRACES FOR FURTHER GROWTH VIA LUXEMBOURG AS GERMANY LIES LOW The German fund administrator and asset manager INTREAL told REFIRE at the MIPIM recently that it saw the real estate market ...
https://www.refire-online.com/companies/intreal-braces-for-further-growth-via-luxembourg/
PFANDBRIEF-ISSUERS SEE UPSWING IN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LENDING The ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN PFANDBRIEF BANKS (VDP) issued a fairly positive statement on its new outlook, and expects new busin...
SOME VERY SMART BRAINS ARE TRYING TO RE-THINK GERMAN REAL ESTATE – AND HOUSING’S AT THE HEART OF IT Residential and logistics. There was plenty of excitement around these two asset classes a...
https://www.refire-online.com/opinion/very-smart-brains-trying-to-rethink-german-real-estate/
BRIDGING THE GAP: H2I'S DR. TILMAN HICKL ON EOF AND REGIONAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES In Germany's dynamic real estate landscape, H2i stands as a bridge, connecting project developers with insti...
https://www.refire-online.com/guest-columns/dr-tilman-hickl-eof-and-regional-investment/
NUMA BLENDS TECH AND TRAVEL TO RESHAPE EUROPEAN CITY HOTEL STAYS REFIRE recently had the opportunity to delve deeper into the operations and strategy behind the Berlin-headquartered NUMA GROUP, ...
HOW CAN INVESTORS UNLOCK POTENTIAL IN GERMANY’S SOCIAL HOUSING MARKET? The market for social housing in Germany has been disintegrating steadily for years, despite the state's increased expend...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/how-can-investors-unlock-potential-in-germanys-social-housing/
By Benedict Heidbüchel, LL.M.
https://www.refire-online.com/guest-columns/how-tokenized-funds-can-embrace-fundraising/
FUNDING GAP OF €90BN WEIGHING ON GERMAN BANKS Investor activity is likely to get a boost from the recent fall in inflation and in borrowing costs, but the ongoing threat is the existing capita...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/funding-gap-of-%E2%82%AC90bn-weighing-on-german-banks/
DATA CENTRE INVESTORS RIDE WAVE OF DEMAND FOR GROWING SERVER CAPACITY Investor appetite for data centres across Europe remains strong, fuelled by soaring demand for data capacity and further gro...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/data-centre-investors-ride-wave-of-demand-server-capacity/
FUNDS MOVE INTO POSITION TO CAPITALISE ON GERMAN DISTRESSED LENDING There has been much commentary about the fate of German banks' lending exposure to the US office market, where prices have bee...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/funds-position-to-capitalise-on-german-distressed-lending/
MIXED REPORTS ON HOUSE PRICE CHANGES, AS HOUSING DEMAND INCREASES A survey by the MCMAKLER property portal claims that German residential property prices have stabilised since the beginning of t...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/mixed-reports-on-house-price-changes-as-demand-increases/
W. P. CAREY SEES GROWING APPETITE FOR SALE-AND-LEASEBACK DEALS REFIRE met recently with the senior European team of net lease specialist REIT W. P. CAREY to learn more about a couple of deals th...
https://www.refire-online.com/companies/wp-carey-sees-growing-appetite-for-sale-and-leaseback-deals/
DRAMATIC RENT HIKES EVEN FOR WG-ZIMMER IN GERMAN UNIVERSITY TOWNS Apart from tracking the prices for a small private apartment unit in official student accomodation in Germany, REFIRE also keeps...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/dramatic-rent-hikes-even-for-wg-zimmer-german-uni-towns/
ENERGY-EFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SPITES DOWNWARD PRICE TREND Last year's big debate in Germany surrounding the Heating Act and the resulting uncertainty has already had a strong impact on re...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/energy-efficient-resi-housing-spites-downward-price-trend/
GERMAN OFFICE DEMAND TO FALL BY 12% BY 2030 We're beginning to get some concrete figures now on the extent to which working from home is impacting on the demand for office space in Germany. A ne...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/german-office-demand-to-fall-by-12-percent-by-2030/
SENTIMENT IN THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR HITS ALL-TIME LOW Sentiment among Germany's residential builders was lower than it has ever been in January, according to the monthly survey of M...
VDP INDEX FLAGS 7.2% DIVE IN GERMAN PROPERTY VALUES Figures released by the VERBAND DEUTSCHER PFANDBRIEFBANKEN (VDP), the Association of Pfandbrief-issuing banks, highlight the substantial year-...
https://www.refire-online.com/investment/vdp-index-flags-dive-in-german-property-values/
HOME RENTS CONTINUE TO SURGE, WHILE PURCHASE PRICES STABILISE As we reported in our January issue, Germany experienced a notable surge in asking rents across major cities over the second half of...
https://www.refire-online.com/markets/home-rents-continue-to-surge-purchase-prices-stabilise/
SHOPPING CENTRES SEE TREND REVERSAL, THANKS TO 'SHOPPING-PLUS' Recent findings from the German Property Federation (ZIA) and EY REAL ESTATE paint an increasingly optimistic picture for shopping ...