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Three compelling reasons to enter the German student housing market

Germany's construction ministers meet to tackle country’s building crisis

Real estate industry a top culprit in destroying biodiversity

Retailers and investors grapple with shift in city centre shopping

German logistics investment almost trebles in Q3

As home ownership rates fall, ‘thousands of households will slip into a pension gap’

Flagship shopping centres up for sale as financing conditions tighten

German building renovation failing to hit government target

German building renovation failing to hit government target

Flagship shopping centres up for sale as financing conditions tighten

Warning signs: German real estate funds face closure threat

Hotel investment plummets to lowest level in 13 years

Geywitz on mission to reintroduce right of first refusal in tight housing markets

Residential rents soar as German housing crisis ‘comes to a head’

FAP Mezzanine Report sheds light on evolving landscape for lenders

Geywitz on mission to reintroduce right of first refusal in tight housing markets

German lenders' sentiment plummets to all-time low as gloom prevails

PropTechs feel the strain - more exiting sector this year than any time since 2016

Top German court tightens disclosure rules, strengthening buyers rights

Mixed reports on how far German house prices could fall

Germany's residential transaction volume to plunge by 29% this year

Meeting showdown: tensions rise as building crisis deepens

Office tenants looking for flexible space increases tenfold year-on-year

Logistics ‘back on the starting blocks’

Funds inflows plummet by more than half in 1H 2023

Up to half of builders and developers could become insolvent within next three years, DHBW economist warns

Developer insolvencies cause wave of fear throughout industry

Slate set to be major player in German grocery-anchored retail sector

'Showdown' looming as demands for radical new housing policy grow louder

German local authorities padding their coffers in advance of property tax reform

Many cities in Germany to shrink by double digits in next 10-20 years

Insurers make sharp downward adjustments to return expectations

Micro-living goes mainstream as demand for smaller living spaces intensifies

German office occupancy tumbles to 40%

Lindner's proposal to scrap real estate transfer tax for residential property

Issue of new building permits collapses further in April

"Not much respite before the end of the year" - say panel experts

Zinsbaustein granted ECSP licence as German crowdfunding platforms hold back

Hotel valuations rise while investors remain in 'wait-and-see' mode

Fractional ownership of holiday homes increasingly popular post-COVID

STRATEGIS AG sets up residential portfolio for German family office

AIFs gaining in popularity as investors seek ‘to exploit specific opportunities’

Buyers flock to ‘Speckgürtel’ as city centres become increasingly unaffordable

As construction costs rise, recycled development is moving out of the shadows

Harmonisation of German building code now critical to allow more serial building

The question yet again - does property offer protection against inflation?

Family offices in pole position to benefit from downturn

Logistics is still top dog as other asset classes falter

Why good facility management has never been so important

Colliers undertakes first major climate protection project for German forest

Bayes report says borrowers are paying all-in 6% for prime assets

Logistics demand impacted by supply chain disruption

Debt funds see rise in demand as banks retreat further

SEMODU to launch funds for own residential projects

German start-up Deutsche Teilkauf targeting €1bn of assets within next 12 months

CR Investment tees up next tranche from GPG 'pyramid scheme' insolvency

Greenman expands eastwards, launches first vertical farm

GNIW pivots to address German Single Family Rental (SFR) market

Logistics ends 2022 on record high

Demographics are re-writing Germany’s housing market

Rate of growth halves in German bank property lending

Poor outlook in Germany for factory outlets as ratings slip

Heritable building rights: the answer to the shortage of development plots?

US giant Keller Williams next big entrant to German broker market

Germany sees big fall in funds inflow into GOEF and Spezialfonds

Performance of prime offices plunges on minimal transactions

'Significant refinancing risk' for a third of European CMBS

Germany heading for 'brutal awakening' as housing crisis deepens

Re-densification partial solution to Germany's acute housing shortage

As Curata and Convivo file for partial bankruptcy, has healthcare lost its shine?

Foreclosures DOWN in 2022, but backlog of forced sales is building up

Are German shopping centres making a comeback?

German retail market at a crossroads

Operating costs for offices spiral since COVID

Deal volume in 4Q plummets to lowest level in 10 years

Commerz Real impact fund Klimavest hits €1bn: Market is ‘hot for renewable investments’

Logistics continues to buck trend with record take-up in 2022

Swiss hybrid broker the latest to enter fraught German residential market

As inflation bites, tenants' groups decry rise in index-linked rents

40% of German properties have the lowest energy rating

Building costs increase by 17% as construction sector fears total collapse

Health minister raises spectre of 'locusts' swooping on Germany's medical centres