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Listed 16/05/2019

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 14/05/2019

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 10/05/2019

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 07/05/2019

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 05/04/2019

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 07/03/2019

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 07/03/2019

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 21/02/2019

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 04/02/2019

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 23/01/2019

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 11/01/2019

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 10/01/2019

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 07/01/2019

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 19/12/2018

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 06/12/2018

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 03/12/2018

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 13/11/2018

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 02/11/2018

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 16/10/2018

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 16/10/2018

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 (...)