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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% (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

A watershed moment benefiting French regions

Watershed moments are difficult to pick. But the one we are passing through in European real estate is benefiting regional cities, with France right (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

German Domicil offers unique model in upcoming housing IPO - Chairman Moser

German housing group Domicil is offering a unique business model in its IPO, based on B and C cities and a risk-free package for small investors, (...)

Housing 04/10/2019

Invesco enters Danish housing with €60m project in Valby, West Copenhagen

US-based Invesco, advised by local partner RUBIK, has entered Danish housing, paying €60m for 191 apartments in Valby, a residential submarket in West Copenhagen. The site, (...)

Housing 03/10/2019

CBRE GI, Berlin's CR sign German serviced apartment development JV

CBRE Global Investors and Berlin's CR Investment Management have signed a joint venture to pursue a serviced apartment development strategy in Germany.  The joint venture, (...)

Housing 03/10/2019

Belgian developer Equilis opens Berlin office to expand German activities

Belgium-headquartered real estate developer Equilis, is opening an office in Germany, in the capital Berlin, aiming to develop and expand in one of the most (...)

Housing 02/10/2019

BNP Paribas RE aims to become the Booking.com of co-living with new platform

To become the Booking.com of co-living; this is the goal that BNP Paribas Real Estate has set for its new ColivMe online platform - aiming to (...)

Housing 02/10/2019

Munich-based residential property group Domicil eyes €150m in upcoming IPO

Munich-based Domicil Real Estate, a residential property group, is preparing an initial public offering to list on the Frankfurt Stock exchange, raising around €150m. “In recent years (...)

Housing 02/10/2019

Munich seen with most overvalued housing globally; Paris, Frankfurt catching up

Munich has the most overvalued housing market in the world, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2019. Paris and Frankfurt are (...)

Housing 30/09/2019

France's Harvestate in first close at €130m for urban housing fund

France's Harvestate Asset Management has made a first close at €130m in commitments for a new fund, Terrae Optimae 1, targeting urban land and housing redevelopment. The alternative investment (...)

Housing 27/09/2019

French June-August housing permits continue to fall, down 2.5%

French housing permits continued to decline, down 2.5%yy in the June-August period at 113,500, according to official figures. Housing starts were also lower. Official figures (...)

Housing 27/09/2019

German house prices, driven by existing homes, rise 9.56%yy in August

German house prices rises stabilised at a high level in August, according to Berlin's Europace index, rising 9.56%yy overall, with existing housing strongest, up 10.66%. In (...)