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Finance 26/10/2023

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 21/04/2023

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 26/01/2023

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 29/08/2022

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 23/02/2022

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 09/09/2020

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 20/07/2020

"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 13/05/2020

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 16/12/2019

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 10/12/2019

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 25/11/2019

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 18/11/2019

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 23/09/2019

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 02/09/2019

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 02/08/2019

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 02/08/2019

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 30/07/2019

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 10/07/2019

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 25/06/2019

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 17/06/2019

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, (...)