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Housing 24/01/2019

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to give 2019 MIPIM opening keynote

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is to give the opening keynote speech at MIPIM 2019, sharing his vision of the new (...)

Housing 24/01/2019

BVK Nordic housing rises to €820m with CapMan portfolio acquisition

Munich-based pension giant BVK has taken its holdings in Nordic housing to €820m with the acquisition, made on its behalf by Helsinki's CapMan Real Estate, of a (...)

Housing 23/01/2019

French home listings viewed from Britain surge 75% in 4Q18

With the UK's exit from the EU still expected on 29 March, the number of French housing ads consulted from Britain over the last (...)

Housing 23/01/2019

Spain facing shortage of 2m homes, needs €300bn to finance them - report

Spain will need another 2m homes over the next 15 years to meet accelerating demand and to build them must attract around €300bn in (...)

Housing 22/01/2019

Brookfield acquires 1,200-bed Paris student housing from Harrison Street

Canadian alternative investment giant Brookfield has entered student housing in France, buying the 1,200-bed ECLA Paris complex at the University of Paris-Saclay from US specialist Harrison Street. Giving (...)

Housing 22/01/2019

Over 350 student housing projects with 105,000 beds in European pipeline, worth €15bn

Over 350 private student housing projects with 105,000 beds are in the pipeline in Europe over the next two years worth €15bn, says specialist (...)

Housing 21/01/2019

Léon Bressler enters German housing via Aermont purchase of developer

Legendary real estate investor Léon Bressler, who founded French retail giant Unibail, has entered German housing, taking a control of a developer via his (...)

Housing 17/01/2019

Stam France IM pays €110m for two Paris residential buildings

The Opéra residential real estate fund, launched in last December and managed by French investment manager Stam France Investment Managers, has paid  110 M€ (...)

Housing 16/01/2019

"Ivanhoé Cambridge wants to build a true real estate investment platform in Europe"

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of Quebec-based pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), signed last year the (...)

Housing 16/01/2019

France’s CDC Habitat is reorganizing by merging several entities

France's CDC Habitat, the housing firm of state financial institution Caisse des Dépôts, has initiated the implementation of its "Trajectoire 2022" transformation plan, resulting (...)

Housing 15/01/2019

French CDC's Ampere and Swiss Life raise €650m to close the Vesta deal

French Ampere Gestion, a CDC Habitat subsidiary, and Swiss Life Asset Managers announced that it had successfully secured funding of €650m to close the (...)

Housing 14/01/2019

Europa Capital targets urbanisation trend in resi, office for €1.3bn deals

UK-based Europa Capital was a net seller from value-add funds in 2018, leveraging strong investor interest for stabilised office and residential assets in an (...)

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 09/01/2019

Spanish home prices rise 5.8%yy through fourth quarter 2018 - Tinsa

Prices of Spanish new and resale homes were 5.8% higher in fourth quarter 2018 than in 4Q17, according to provisional data from valuation group (...)

Housing 09/01/2019

Alternative residential plus logistics poised to perform well this year - Nuveen

European alternative real estate sectors such as student and other 'Living' sectors are poised, alongside logistics, to perform well in 2019 despite political noise (...)

Housing 07/01/2019

New Spanish housing permits up 23% in first 10 months of 2018

New Spanish homebuilding permits rose in the first 10 months of 2018 to 83,882, up 23.2% from the same 2017 period, according to official (...)

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 04/01/2019

After record 2018, French existing home sales to stay stable in 2019 - Laforêt

French existing housing stock sales should in 2018 reach the prior year record, boosted by first-time buyers, and are likely to be strong this (...)

Housing 19/12/2018

France’s building industry growth halves to 2.3% in 2018 - FFB

After reaching nearly 5% growth in volume in 2017, the expansion in French construction slowed to 2.3% in 2018, according to the FFB building (...)