Sitemap - 2022 - REFIRE
Logistics continues to buck trend with record take-up in 2022
New German building permits fall for sixth successive month
Housing valuations feeling impact of utility charges
New German law barring cash transactions comes into effect in January
Financing sentiment barometer hits new all-time low
German residential rents continue to surge
SPD in move to impose cap on index-linked leases
Surge in new Bausparverträge as borrowers save for energetic refurbishment
Investment in European student housing hits record high
Holiday hotels enticing operators and institutional investors
Investors taking note of strength in serviced apartments sector
Car parks increasingly on investors’ radar
Wolfsburg is Germany's most sustainable city
Forests take on new role as energy crisis deepens
In praise of Things - and the dedicated craftsmanship it takes to create them
Primonial REIM building on European platform with three new funds
Vonovia and LEG to slash investment and maintenance spending
Are we headed towards a wall of 'stranded assets'?
Münchener Hyp swallows up Warburg Hypothekenbank
MSCI report highlights German decline among European markets
Germany falling dangerously behind in the race to establish biotech clusters
Dampened expectations for full-year German bank lending
BelWertV adjustment spells good news for lending value calculation
Logistics construction expected to hit new high this year
Germany considered ‘paradise’ for money laundering
Residential market feels the strain as interest rates rise
Modular building: is it the answer to Germany’s housing crisis?
EXPO REAL: ‘Constellation of challenges’ likely to dominate discussions
Local retailers displacing international and national chains on the high street
Surge in rent prices for German shared student accomodation
Consumption shifts from city centres to outskirts since COVID
Winter is Coming. Asset valuations are set to fall. Money is no longer free.
Aroundtown sells €1bn assets to pay down debt, accelerate share buybacks
Sentiment indices underscore gloomy outlook from property lenders
Logistics potential in eastern Germany tracking surge in industrial projects
German student housing bucks investment trend
INTREAL sees growth in AUM but warns of growing product complexity
Signs of first slight downturn in German residential prices
Shortage of skilled workers hitting industry hard
High inflation likely to lead to rent hikes for many offices
Office leasing market gathers momentum as investment market slows
Demand for German home equity release soars tenfold
Building costs, inflation, refugees help underpin residential market stability
'Avalanche' of investors eyeing self-storage in Germany
Germany’s listed property companies have probably been oversold
Phoenix Spree Deutschland sees Berlin valuations still holding firm
Rise in bank foreclosures expected as interest rates rise
Who owns the equity value of a rental deposit?
Life sciences real estate moving into the mainstream
Real Estate Management - living through a structural crisis
What are the likely effects of ECB rate hike on mortgage and property lending?
German logistics still seen as rock solid in turbulent times
German healthcare transactions down 20% amid developer turmoil
New Mietspiegel law to apply to all cities of 50,000 inhabitants and above
Germany steps up efforts to tackle money laundering
Are luxury properties losing their shine?
Nexum Capital and Arcida target distressed market with €250m debt fund
Recovery in hotels sector continues apace, led by branded groups
German house prices still rising, as threat of trend reversal looms
Only in Berlin... Graffiti art accompanies GSG topping-out in edgy Kotti
HanseMerkur cautious after big buying and lending spree in 2020/21
Could green loans become the norm?
Berlin residential to attract new buyers as earlier 10-year borrowers cash out
Are brownfields the new buzzword in development?
German investment figures hit newest low since 2011
Grundsteuerreform edges closer
Berlin takes one of the top spots in Savills’ Resilient Cities Index 2022
Tiny Houses now most popular alternative housing asset
Real Estate Debt Funds - their role in an evolving market
European retailers dipping their toes back into expansion pool
Germany's demographics still dominate despite raft of current woes
Building industry to fall well short of 400,000 new-housing target in 2022
Sony Center sees valuation rise by 25%
Aareal Bank agrees takeover terms, Atlantic BidCo becomes new owner
German financing banks boost lending, but cautious on developments
Otto in takeover bid for shopping centre operator Deutsche Euroshop
Residential prices still rising despite growing fears of "end of cycle"
Corestate fights to restructure debt as share price plunges
Investor optimism returns to Berlin housing market after scares of 2020
Spreads between fund returns and risk-free bonds headed for further narrowing
Spectre of inflation will test those chestnuts about the value of real estate
German Islamic fintech INAIA launches property crowdfunding platform
Thwarted investor group launches renewed takeover bid for Aareal Bank
Off-market deals gain traction during pandemic, versus structured bidding
INREV barometer signals clear shift in investor sentiment after record 2021
There's no way around it - German residential rents are still headed upwards
Constraints on bank lending unlikely to halt upward residential price spiral
Forward loans for borrowers see surge in demand as mortgage rates double
Crowdfunding platform Zinsbaustein taps into growth in resi refurbishment
City serviced-apartments segment sees strong growth trajectory
Wüest Partner study shows higher returns in smaller eastern German cities
German building site stoppages threatened as supply shortages bite
Warning on trend reversal in German student housing market
Estimates of up to 500,000 new German flats required to house refugees
In Germany, the cards are being shuffled and re-dealt. All previous bets are off.
Greenman bets on tech, vertical farming to stay ahead in food-anchored retail
Evidence mounting of rising office vacancies, even bubble fears
German GNIW's sale-leaseback model shines in growing equity-release sector
Fund inflows into German proptechs on target to top €1bn this year
Eurazeo enters German market with six GSG properties in Berlin
Lack of supply is only hindrance to more growth in student housing sector
German property foreclosures continue to fall nationwide
Cloud-based and digital brokers seek more of the German commission pie
German closed-end public AIF fund issuance to hit €1bn again in 2022
Further strong warning from Bundesbank on 'overheating' property market
CPI gains control of Vienna-listed Immofinanz - is it eyeing up S Immo?
New urban master plan by Frankfurt for development of data centres
German construction industry continues to boom despite shortages
VIB Vermögen still advising shareholders to reject DIC Asset takeover offer
Palmira gets green light for first-ever Article-9 logistics impact fund
New minister Klara Geywitz gets warm reception at Quo Vadis event
Bonn research study highlights yield differential in B- and C-cities
Berenberg launches first real estate private debt fund
Failed Aareal Bank takeover attempt leaves only losers so far
Failed Aareal Bank takeover attempt leaves only losers so far
Why we've started publishing on Substack
German construction industry still booming, despite surge in building costs
German government mis-step hints at scale of challenge ahead