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The expectations of real estate investors with regard to European residential real estate are high. A study by Savills and Savills IM shows that 42.6 percent of respondents expect a significant increase in the proportion of residential real estate in their portfolio by 2025. The study is based on the responses of around 70 investors who together manage more than one trillion euros. Currently...

Two rooms, 63 square meters, 592 euros per month: according to immobilienscout24.de, this is currently the most popular apartment among Germans. However, the apartments available on the market are often larger and more expensive, which does not meet the needs of many prospective tenants. In cities such as Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne and Freiburg im Breisgau, competition for rental apartments is...

The situation on the real estate financing market appears to be stabilizing according to the latest data from construction finance broker Hüttig & Rompf AG. The decline in new business for residential construction and mortgage loans for private households has slowed. "Prospective buyers thus appear to be hesitantly adapting to the new interest rate conditions for mortgage loans," says...

Over 1,500 energy-efficient refurbishment projects have been initiated to date through the KfW's urban energy refurbishment funding program. This was recently announced by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). In a study, it examined how the funding program was implemented from 2018 to 2022 and found it to be successful. "The integrated approach 'from building to...

Office properties are staying on the market longer than before, especially those with poor facilities and in less attractive locations. This is the result of a study by the German Economic Institute (IW). According to the study, one in four listings remains on the market for 38 weeks. The office market is therefore in a phase of upheaval. Compared to the previous year, rents across Germany have only risen by 5.9 percent...

Real estate prices are perceived as less daunting, but the fear of a high financial burden when buying a property remains. This is the result of an Interhyp study of over 1,000 real estate buyers and prospective buyers. Jörg Utecht, Chairman of the Interhyp Group, emphasizes the need to take a close look at the property purchase process and to make the project...

Adjusted for inflation, real estate prices fell slightly for the first time in the majority of German districts and independent cities in 2022. This is according to the "Postbank Housing Atlas 2023". In around 63% of regions, condominiums were cheaper to buy than in the previous year. The seven largest metropolitan areas recorded sharper declines than medium-sized cities. On average, the...

With a transaction volume of 225 million euros, the hotel investment market in Germany recorded its weakest opening quarter since 2014 in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report by real estate consultants Colliers. Hotel transactions accounted for four percent of the total commercial investment volume in the first quarter of 2023. This corresponds to the level of the last three...

Households receiving basic income support or citizens' allowance in old age spend more money per month on heating and electricity than comparable households with low incomes. This is the result of a recently published study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Between 2010 and 2019, the affected households paid an average of €5.30 more per month for heating and...

There is a shortage of around 2.2 million age-appropriate apartments in Germany. According to consistent media reports, this is the result of a study conducted by the Pestel Institute on behalf of the Bundesverband Deutscher Baustoff-Fachhandel. Only around 600,000 of the 2.8 million senior households are currently age-appropriate. However, the institute predicts that by 2040 at least 3.3 million...