Magazine

04.01.2024

Residential

How hot are the housing markets?

The rise in interest rates is putting a massive damper on residential construction. For the fifth time, we have analysed the relationship between supply and demand for each of the more than 11,000 German municipalities together with BPD for the "Housing Weather Map"
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04.12.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the month December: The country needs new care properties

Many care homes are no longer up to date - no one wants "care centres" any more, and building standards have changed fundamentally. Therefore, when planning the care infrastructure, not only the additional need for care places, but also the need for substitution must be taken into account.
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06.11.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the month November: Top offices are still in demand

Office vacancies are increasing in the seven class A cities. According to classic economic theory, rents should therefore be falling. But our quarterly figures show: Prime rents are still rising
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16.10.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the Month October: Boom in the peripheral locations

The recently published study "Logistics and Real Estate 2023" shows: former "second-tier" regions are increasingly in demand - even those outside the classic logistics regions. And the trend is continuing
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10.10.2023

Residential

Senior Living – the ideal location

The location is particularly important for properties for seniors. Acceptance by the residents stands and falls with the location of a new building. What should be considered when choosing a location?
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04.09.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the Month September: Residential Project Area Continues to Decline

The insolvencies of large and small project developers illustrate the extremely tense market situation. And the number of residential projects planned and under construction is falling - most sharply in the metropolises, of all places, where the housing shortage is greatest
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01.08.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the Month August: Foreign Investors Still Holding Back

Against expectations, there has been no change in the restraint shown by foreign investors. At only around 32%, their share of the commercial real estate investment market in the first half of 2023 was significantly lower than the average for the past ten years. But challenging times also bring opportunities
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12.06.2023

Chart of the Month

Chart of the Month June: Every Fourth Project Development Postponed

Project developments in the A-cities have not only declined rapidly. Many projects are also postponed
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09.06.2023

Residential

How does ESG impact the affordability of housing stock?

The current environment remains difficult for financiers. This is what the experts surveyed for the BF.Quarterly Barometer say, even though the bottom now seems to have been reached. They have different opinions on the above question
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19.05.2023

Logistics

Nineteen percent investment decline in corporate real estate

The crisis has also left its mark on the corporate real estate asset class. The investment market is clearly declining, but more properties are being rented. This is shown by the 18th market report of the INITIATIVE UNTERNEHMENSIMMOBILIEN
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