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Contributors

Thorsten Arsan

Head of Finance, Front Office

Rolf Buch

Chief Executive Officer

Edgar Ernst

Supervisory Board Chairman

Arnd Fittkau

Chairman of the Regional Management - General Manager Vonovia SE

Philip Grosse

Chief Financial Officer

Thorsten Arsan

Head of Finance, Front Office

Rolf Buch

Chief Executive Officer

Edgar Ernst

Supervisory Board Chairman

Arnd Fittkau

Chairman of the Regional Management - General Manager Vonovia SE

Philip Grosse

Chief Financial Officer

Klaus Markus

Head of Corporate Communications

Helene Von Roeder

Chief Financial Officer - Member of the Management Board

Finance

No market in Europe escapes slowdown for CRE investment by end of Q3

European commercial real estate registered the seventh consecutive quarter of falling investment in July through September, ensuring no market or sector had escaped the (...)

Housing

Discovering new living concepts in Europe’s residential sector

We see a market in transition. Demographic trends support bespoke living solutions across the lifecycle. This is especially true for living in old age. (...)

Finance

Germany leads Q4 slump for European CRE investment (MSCI)

European commercial real estate investment plummeted in the final quarter of last year, led by Germany amid a generalized slump in values and total (...)

Listed

Faced with the economic slowdown, listed real estate is to be favoured, according to Sofidy

In its latest market review, published in August 2022, Sofidy announces that corporate margins "will deteriorate in the coming months" and that analysts' estimates (...)

Housing

92.3bn invested in the multi-family segment in Europe in 2021 (Savills)

Driven by large-scale mergers and acquisitions, European multi-family (or residential) investment volumes in the 12 countries analysed reached around €92.3bn in 2021, up 79% (...)

Career

Méka Brunel becomes the first woman president of EPRA

The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has announced that Méka Brunel, Managing Director of Gecina, is taking over the presidency of the professional body (...)

Housing

"The German housing market convinces above all by its stability"

Business Immo: What are the main attractions of the German residential market for real estate investors? Tristan Hinseler: The German residential real estate market convinces (...)

Finance

As lending standards tighten, a long-term CRE transformation is on the horizon – Scope

“The question is not whether the European commercial real estate sector will be affected by Covid-19 but how severely and for how long,” says (...)

Listed

Merger of Germany's ADO, Adler, Consus said transformational for participants

The merger of Germany's ADO Properties and Adler Real Estate, including control of Consus Real Estate, will be transformational, with a compelling growth profile, the companies (...)

Listed

German Vonovia wins 95% of Sweden's Hembla, to extend bid to 8 January

German housing giant Vonovia is to make a last extension to 8 January of its takeover offer for Sweden's Hemblaafter the latest expired with 95.3% of shareholders (...)

Listed

German Vonovia hints seeks more in Sweden after €1.2bn Hembla success

Germany Vonovia intends to invest more in Hembla after winning 72.3% of shareholder support for its €1.15bn bid, and hinted it seeks other opportunities (...)

Housing

German Vonovia to publish full offer for Swedish Hembla in €1.2bn deal

Germany's Vonovia expects to publish its mandatory public offer for all shares in Swedish housing firm Hembla this month after it won official clearance (...)

Listed

Germany's Vonovia pays €1.14bn for majority in Sweden's Hembla, intends takeover

Germany's giant residential group Vonovia is acquiring a majority stake in Swedish housing firm Hembla from Blackstone for SEK12.23bn (€1.14bn), its second takeover in the nation. In a move (...)

Listed

Germany's TLG pays €1bn for 10% stake in Aroundtown as the two eye merger

Listed German property firm TLG Immobilien has taken a €1bn, near-10% stake in peer Aroundtown and said the two companies will begin talks aimed (...)

Housing

Vonovia launches '1,000 Roofs' photovoltaic program to target older stock

German housing group Vonovia is launching a program called '1,000 Roofs' to equip its buildings with photovoltaic systems, particularly targeting energy modernisation for older stock. In its (...)

Listed

Germany's Vonovia 1H FFO rises 13% to €609m, stresses social commitments

Bochum-based housing property giant Vonovia reported a 12.9% rise in group FFO for the first half to €609.1m, emphasising its social commitment to tenants, particularly the elderly. Rental income (...)

Housing

European 2018 housing investment rises 40% to €56bn; growth set to continue - JLL

Institutional investment in European housing grew 40% last year to €56bn, and growth is set to continue, with rising geographical diversification and cross-border activity, (...)

Housing

German 1H resi investment down 36% at €6.2bn, but demand high

Transaction volumes in German residential in the first half-year were 36%yy lower at €6.16bn due to limited supply, but investor demand should remain high, (...)

Housing

Germany's Vonovia, responding to rent pressures, says houses diversity of people, incomes

Germany's largest private landlord Vonovia, responding to pressures over rising rents, said it provides homes for a diversity of the population, including lower income (...)

Finance

German investment in Scandinavian real estate exceeds €1bn, still growing

Scandinavian real estate becoming more attractive for German investors, with over €1bn ($1.34bn) in a record 12 investments flowing into the region last year, (...)

Housing

France's Ampère Gestion sees strong investor interest in €2bn second fund

France's Ampère Gestion is winning strong domestic and foreign investor interest as it heads to the next close of its €2bn intermediate housing fund (...)

Housing

German firms say private capital is acting responsibly to close housing gap

Deutsche Wohnen, the main target of Berlin's housing expropriation debate, plus Germany's largest residential owner Vonovia, say private capital is acting responsibly to meet shortages. Initiated (...)

Listed

Vonovia raises Swedish Victoria Park stake, starts squeeze-out, delisting

Germany's Vonovia has raised its stake by 10% in Sweden's Victoria Park to 91.4%, and initiated a compulsory purchase of remaining shares in preparation for (...)

Listed

Vonovia raises €744m fresh cash after increasing equity placement

Germany's Vonovia has generated €744m in an accelerated bookbuilding equity placement with institutions, increasing the cash raise from the initial €650m target. The Bochum-based company, the world's (...)

Listed

Vonovia 1Q FFO jumps 20% helped by Buwog, Victoria Park

Germany's Vonovia, the world's largest private sector housing landlord, reported a 20%yy jump in first quarter FFO to €303.6m, helped by acquisitions in Austria and (...)

Housing

Common approach not expropriation fantasies needed to solve Berlin's housing shortage

The initiative Expropriate German Housing & Combat Speculation aims to expropriate private homeowners with more than 3,000 apartments in Berlin. On the agenda are (...)

Finance

Impact investing with ecological, social standards said at 5%, growing fast

Impact investing, limiting capital allocations to strategies that meet ecological and social guidelines, is now pursued by some 5% of global institutions. But more (...)

Housing

Vonovia still eyeing France, Sweden, NL - keen to grow outside Germany

German residential giant Vonovia is keen to grow beyond Germany, especially in France, Sweden and the Netherlands, and is at pains to combat European public doubts (...)

Listed

Germany's Vonovia grows 2018 FFO 15.8% to €1.1bn, expects further 2019 rise

The world's largest private housing group, Germany's Vonovia, for 2018 reported a 15.8% increase in FFO to €1.07bn, and expects to boost this as high (...)

Housing

France's Nexity agrees to produce 8,000 homes for CDC Habitat

France's largest residential developer, listed group Nexity, is boosting sales for professional landlords, and has agreed with state-owned CDC Habitat to produce 5,000 intermediate (...)

Listed

Germany's Vonovia raises €698m with sale of Deutsche Wohnen stake

Bochum-based housing giant Vonovia has raised €698.1m with the sale of its stake in German listed peer Deutsche Wohnen via an accelerated bookbuilding offer to institutions. Made (...)

Finance

Germany's LBBW, pbb extend €500m 10yr loan facility to Vonovia

Two German lenders, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank are jointly providing a €500m 10-year loan to German listed housing giant Vonovia. Pbb said in a release that the funds are being provided (...)

Housing

French CDC's Ampère raises €900m commitments for new housing fund

French Ampère Gestion, part of French state financier CdC which led the first-ever takeover of a public sector housing portfolio last summer for €1.4bn, has raised (...)

Housing

German 2018 resi investment slips to €15bn but notable for first-time buyers

German residential investment slipped by a modest 3%yy to €15.1bn last year, and was marked by the entry of several first-time buyers, says adviser (...)

Housing

German 2018 resi investment up 16% at €16bn; 2019 may be hit by supply - BNPPRE

Investment in German residential real estate rose 16%yy to €16.3bn in 2018 but, says adviser BNP Paribas Real Estate, even if demand is strong, (...)

Housing

Vonovia's Victoria Park, in largest Swedish deal, adds 2,340 flats for €456m

In Sweden's largest deal of 2018, Victoria Park, a unit of Germany's Vonovia, has agreed to pay SEK4.7bn (€456m) for two residential portfolios with (...)

Housing

Germany's Vonovia to cut energy investments 40% after tenant rental concerns

German listed housing giant Vonovia is cutting its investments in energy modernisation in apartments by 40% due to tenant concerns over the resulting rental (...)

Housing

French railways to invest €3bn in new housing, refurbishments

ICF Habitat, the housing arm of French railway SNCF which this year sold off a €1.4bn portfolio in a landmark deal, aims to invest €3bn (...)

Housing

Why we acquired the SNCF/Vesta housing portfolio

Swiss Life Asset Managers and Ampère Gestion, a unit of French state institution CdC, were revealed last month as winners of the largest French (...)

Finance

Swedish 9mth real estate investment, boosted by residential, rises 9%

Sweden's real estate investment rose by 9%yy in the first nine months of 2018 to SEK110bn (€10.6bn), with residential making up the largest share (...)

Housing

In Denormandie France has its first minister for housing. Period.

After the government reshuffle today France has its first minister for housing. Period. Not for urban planning; not also for cohesion or equality of (...)

Housing

Berlin manager acquires two mandates, 750 flats worth €90m from Union

Berlin private investment manager Deutsche Asset One has acquired 750 apartments valued at around €90m in two separate account mandates from Union Investment Real (...)

Housing

CDC Habitat, Swiss Life confirm group buy of SNCF resi portfolio

Following a BIE report, French CDC Habitat and Swiss Life Asset Managers have confirmed that their group, which includes Germany's Vonovia and two state pension funds, (...)

Housing

Foreign ownership in French housing is no cause for concern

The participation of Germany's Vonovia and Zurich's Swiss Life in the winning bid for French SNCF's housing portfolio is good for Europe, good for France – (...)

Housing

Vonovia confirms 10% stake in CDC Habitat's SNCF resi portfolio buy

Germany's giant listed housing group Vonovia, responding to a BIE report, has confirmed it has a 10% stake in the consortium led by CDC (...)

Housing

France's CDC, backed by Germany's Vonovia, said winner of SNCF housing at €1.4bn

With a near €1.4bn bid, France's CDC Habitat, backed by two state pension funds and Germany's Vonovia, has won the 4,000-unit housing portfolio sold (...)

Housing

German resi investment at €15bn ytd as foreign buying continues

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - German residential investment year to date has reached €14.9bn or 103,000 units, says adviser JLL, 37% above year-ago (...)

Housing

US Greystar launches French student/PRS platform under new MD Kurata

US-based housing group Greystar is launching a platform in France to acquire and develop student and private rented residential, and is opening an office (...)

Finance

EPRA delegates rise as investors, analysts seek undervalued assets, M&A

There seems little doubt that the more than 400 delegates to the EPRA conference last week reflected the rising interest in listed real estate (...)

Listed

Germany's Vonovia buys Starwood out of Sweden's Victoria Park

German listed housing firm Vonovia has acquired the US Starwood Capital Group's full stake in Sweden's Victoria Park at its original offer price, taking (...)

Listed

Listed housing firms such as Vonovia to boom in Europe – EPRA

Publicly-quoted housing firms like Germany's giant Vonovia will boom in Europe as policymakers grapple with soaring demand, EPRA executives say. Markets in Netherlands and (...)

Listed

Growing investor interest boosts EPRA Berlin conference over 400 participants

The EPRA annual conference in Berlin, which starts today, has attracted over 400 participants, the largest to date, as investors seek personal contact with (...)

Listed

Vonovia raises 1H FFO 11% to €510m, now manages 404,000 residential units

Germany's Vonovia boosted first half funds from operations 11.5% to €510.3m without contributions from its two takeovers, Austria's BUWOG and Sweden's Victoria Park. Including these, it now manages (...)

Housing

German 1H resi deals up 19% to €8.8bn on Vonovia, Adler - Savills

First half German residential investment rose 19% to €8.8bn, propelled by the takeover of Buwog by Vonovia and the 70% of Brack Capital bought by Adler Real Estate, (...)

Housing

Spanish rental housing firm Testa lists on MAB without IPO

Testa Residencial has listed on Spain's MAB exchange without an IPO, becoming Spain's largest rental housing REIT/SOCIMI with over 10,000 apartments. It shares rose 1.44% to €14.10 (...)

Listed

Spain's Testa issues IPO prospectus at €1.8bn market cap for €13.86 shr

Testa, the Spanish housing firm owned by creditor banks, REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties and Acciona Inmobiliaria, has issued its stock market prospectus targeting capitalisation of €1.83bn at a share price (...)

Listed

Germany's listed TLG replaces co-CEO duo with Overath, Klinck

Listed Berlin commercial real estate group TLG has suddenly dismissed its two chief executives Peter Finkbeiner and Niclas Karoff, and will replace them with (...)

Housing

Sagi's entry to Spanish housing will further energise a fast-moving sector

Because he has shown perfect timing elsewhere in European housing, Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi's entry into Spain will energise an already fast-moving sector. Prices (...)

Finance

Nordic 1H property transactions near €21bn, driven by residential - Pangea

Property transactions in the Nordic countries in the first half neared €21bn, the second highest ever, driven by large international investments in the residential (...)

Finance

Berlin's CapitalBAY aims to add €1bn AUM this year to reach €3.5bn

Privately-held Berlin property investment manager CapitalBAY aims to increase assets by over €1bn this year to reach €3.5bn, says CEO George Salden who now owns a majority in (...)

Housing

Housing: A third pillar is possible - residential property companies

As the first reading of the ELAN housing bill comes to an end in the French National Assembly, it is clear that France needs a (...)

Finance

German Vonovia's bid for Swedish Victoria Park succeeds at 58% acceptances

Germany's giant listed housing firm Vonovia has declared its €898m cash offer for Sweden's Victoria Park successful, accepted by 58% of shareholders, and says it will extend the (...)

Housing

French CDC Habitat takes stake in 63,000-unit northern social housing firm

CDC Habitat, the housing manager of French state financing institution CDC and partner of Germany's giant Vonovia group, is to take a 34% stake in Maisons (...)

Listed

US Starwood wins few takers for Austrian CA Immo, Immofinanz offers

US private equity firm Starwood Capital, which Wednesday announced 24.4% acceptances in a Swedish housing group bid, has by contrast won only a fraction of (...)

Listed

US Starwood wins 24% acceptances in bid for Swedish Victoria Park

US private equity firm Starwood Capital has announced acceptances of 24.4% in its takeover bid for Swedish listed housing firm Victoria Park, and will go ahead and (...)

Housing

German Union/ZBI resi fund increases to €781m AUM, eyes €1bn soon

The German residential investment fund managed jointly by cooperative banking manager Union Investment Real Estate and ZBI has boosted assets by €260m to €781m, and the (...)

Housing

Spain’s Testa finalises €207m Caixa resi buy with €92m borrowing

Spanish housing firm Testa Residencial, currently being prepared by its owners for an IPO, has signed a €92m credit financing for the €207m acquisition of (...)

Housing

Vonovia in €1bn equity raise to fund Swedish bid, increases 2018 guidance

German listed housing group Vonovia has raised nearly €1bn in an accelerated private placement to help finance its near-€900m takeover offer for Sweden's Victoria Park. It (...)

Housing

Sweden, Netherlands, France, Spain in frame outside Germany - Vonovia CFO

German housing giant Vonovia is looking in detail at four countries outside Germany to grow its residential portfolio: Sweden, The Netherlands, France and Spain, CFO Stefan Kirsten told (...)

Housing

German Vonovia offers €898m for Sweden's Victoria Park, topping Starwood

Europe's largest listed housing company, Germany's Vonovia, is making its first foray outside the German-speaking world, bidding €898m, SEK38 per share, for Sweden's Victoria Park in a (...)

Housing

Is Germany's Vonovia bidding for French SNCF's 4,000-unit resi portfolio?

In a deal being watched at home and abroad, French railway SNCF is selling a portfolio of 4,000 homes in a rare public sector sale that (...)

Office

JLL widens into listed RE capital advisory, also stressing S.African needs

Global property advisor JLL is extending its corporate finance advisory into the listed sector in Europe, placing some emphasis on advising South African firms interested in (...)

Housing

Spain's Testa housing group in €89m pre-IPO capital raise to cut Merlin Property ties

Spanish housing group Testa, being prepared for an IPO in the next few months, is to make a capital increase of €89m for subscription by (...)

Housing

Spain's Testa, with 11,000 resi units, to IPO before summer - Merlin's Clemente

Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties intends to float housing affiliate Testa Residencial on the stock market before summer to become the nation's first listed residential investor, CEO Ismael Clemente says. Its (...)

Housing

German housing giant Vonovia boosts 2017 FFO by 21% to €921m

Vonovia, Germany's largest housing company, boosted FFO1 by 21% to €920.8m in 2017 due to organic, internal growth but also the integration of Vienna-based (...)

Finance

Norway's Pension Fund ends 2017 with 3.4% of €881bn AUM property exposure

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global held 2.6% of its €881bn assets in unlisted real estate at end-2017 which produced a return of 7.5% - (...)

Housing

Finnish housing firm Kojamo confirms evaluation of stock market listing

The chief executive of Finnish rental housing firm Kojamo, which owns over 34,000 residential units worth €4.7bn and is currently controlled by domestic institutions, confirmed (...)

Finance

Germany's Corestate appoints Bütter as new CEO to succeed Wilhelm

Listed German real estate investor and manager Corestate Capital has appointed a new chief executive to succeed Sascha Wilhelm. He is Michael Bütter, a (...)

Housing

Engel & Völkers advises €73m Buwog German resi acquisition

Hamburg-based Engel & Völkers Investment Consulting said it accompanied the successful purchase of a residential portfolio by Viennese firm Buwog from London-listed Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL) as part (...)

Finance

German TLG in spotlight as major shareholders assess new 23% investor

German listed TLG, managing €2.4bn in commercial real estate, is in the spotlight this week after investor Amir Dayan said he potentially controls 23% of (...)

Listed

German residential developer Instone to favour IPO in first half - BIE sources

German residential property developer Instone, formed last year by the Jersey-based ActivumSG from two subsidiaries, is likely to favour a stock market flotation this (...)

Logistics

Poste Immo looks into future for huge 11,000-property stock across France

Poste Immo, the property management unit of France's giant public sector La Poste postal service, is tasked with foreseeing the future for its 11,000 buildings and (...)

Office

Germany's listed Patrizia acquires UK-based Rockspring, boosts AUM to €40bn

In the second large German acquisition this week, listed Augsburg-based Patrizia announced Tuesday that it is buying the London-based real estate fund manager Rockspring, boosting managed assets (...)

Housing

German housing group Vonovia to take over Austrian peer Buwog at €29.05 shr

Giant German residential group Vonovia said on Monday that it is making an agreed offer to acquire smaller Austrian peer Buwog at a price of €29.05 per share, (...)

Housing

French SNCF railways to spin off €1bn in housing, unions say

French state railways group SNCF is preparing to spin off €1bn of real estate by creating a separate firm and attracting private capital, according to union (...)

Finance

German listed property AUM passes €100bn, nears largest UK sector – ZIA/Barkow

German listed real estate passed €100bn in gross value of managed assets for the first time this year, rising 26%yy to €114bn, only €12bn (...)

Housing

Vonovia looks beyond Germany for housing, signs agreement with French SNI

Germany’s largest listed housing group Vonovia has made the decision in principle to seek residential assets outside Germany, and signed an agreement Wednesday with the French SNI (...)

Housing

German resi stocks still offer value; price, rental cycle to go further

Investment bank HSBC remains optimistic about German residential real estate, saying in a study of the sector Monday that the end of the price (...)