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Finance

European investors are going to beds

"Demographic change, rising house prices and supply shortages have established residential alternatives as desirable investments with positive rental growth prospects," says Savills in its (...)

Finance

Swiss Life reaches €81bn RE in Europe after €7.6bn added last year

Swiss Life Asset Managers finished with €81bn managed assets in Europe last year after transacting €10bn in total, of which €7.6bn added in Swiss, (...)

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

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 (...)

Finance

French Amundi errs on the side of caution in real estate

Appearances can be deceiving. While Amundi Immobilier, real estate arm of global insurance group Amundi, appears to have been absent from the investment market (...)

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 (...)

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

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

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 (...)

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 (...)