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Housing 04/11/2019

AXA-IMRA acquires Oaktree's French student housing group Kley

Paris-based AXA-IMRA has, for an unknown sum, acquired the Kley Group, an operator of student housing across France. Vendor was its founder. California's Oaktree Capital Management. Oaktree said Kley is (...)

Housing 29/10/2019

German house prices accelerate to 10%yy in September but still show signs of slowing

German house prices accelerated again in September to nearly 10%yy, but showed signs of slowing as the monthly rise slipped to 0.78% from 0.91%, (...)

Housing 24/10/2019

3Q home sales rise 6%qq to 16,100 in six largest Polish cities

Housing developers in the six largest cities in Poland sold 16,100 units in 3Q19, up 6% from 2Q19, says JLL. A late boom in (...)

Housing 24/10/2019

Paris luxury resi prices to overtake London by 2022 as no-deal Brexit threatens

Paris prices of luxury residential property are likely to overtake London's by 2022, says agent Cordwell Banker, with the UK capital open to a (...)

Housing 23/10/2019

French timber housing specialist Woodeum signs on Paris La Défense project

French timber housing specialist Woodeum and Paris La Défense have signed a sales contract for land in Les Groues, earmarked for 93 housing units, (...)

Housing 21/10/2019

Corestate extends Spain micro-living to €230m with Barcelona asset

Frankfurt-listed investment manager Corestate is developing another micro- living project in Spain to take its total strategy investment in the nation to €230m for (...)

Housing 18/10/2019

"The real estate industry must equip itself with the technologies necessary for rapid and informed decision-making"

Business Immo: What was the iread mission it set itself when it was created?  Jean-François Grazi: The observation we made is that the real estate industry (...)

Housing 17/10/2019

Catella wins first intl. commitment at €40m from France’s Primonial for resi fund

Berlin-based Catella REIM's CER III Fund, which had its first close in July, has attracted its first commitment from outside Germany with €40m from (...)

Housing 15/10/2019

Spain's housing sales show sharp slowdown, with August slipping 21%yy

Spain's housing market is showing a significant slowdown for the late summer, with August sales down no less than 21.1% compared to the same (...)

Housing 11/10/2019

Spain's Neinor to invest €180m to build 600 homes in Catalonia by 2021

Spanish residential developer Neinor Homes is running 33 projects in the Catalan region, and aims to invest €180m more by 2021 to build 600 homes there, (...)

Housing 08/10/2019

Euro monetary easing brings capital surge into housing; more is coming- Catella

Monetary easing in Europe has driven a surge of capital into housing, lowering yields, says adviser Catella, and more is coming through this year, (...)

Housing 08/10/2019

Residential investment to show resilient returns amid geopolitical volatility - Patrizia

Despite today’s volatile geopolitical and economic environment, residential investment will continue offering resilient returns of 5%-6.5% over the next five years, says Patrizia. In its (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Berlin's Deutsche Asset One acquires €110m residential units for Union Investment

Berlin private manager Deutsche Asset One has acquired 270 residential and commercial units valued at around €110m on behalf of Union Investment institutional special (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Regions back in investors focus

Germany’s giant Patrizia sees growing investor interest in French regions German real estate fund manager, the listed Patrizia group, manages €41bn in assets Europe-wide. Since (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Popular with investors, Toulouse is waiting on new developments

Toulouse’s booming office market has been driven in recent years by major transactions exceeding 5,000 sqm. Yet, this year, the largest transaction is 3,300 (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Foreign real estate investments in France

The €76bn invested in France by foreign investors between 2009 and 2018 represented 38% of the overall volume. What’s more, at €6.8bn, they accounted (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Lyon, the premier office alternative

Lyon’s 1H19 record take-up represents a 62% jump compared to the first half of 2018 and double the average of the last 10 years. (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Marseille continues its transformation

The Aix-Marseille metropolitan area’s office market had a better start in 2019 than the previous year, with take-up surpassing 63,000 sqm in the first (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Lille, the rising office market in the North

The Lille metropolitan area posted remarkable numbers during the first half of 2019, with take-up reaching 150 600 sqm, a 40% jump in transaction (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

Outside of Paris, opportunities are on the rise

French commercial property investment reached €13.8bn in the first six months of 2019, a 3% jump more the €13.4bn recorded last year and 48% (...)