Germany: News Archive

FEBRUARY 2009

• German residential property tipped as best long term, low risk bet - Property Wire

JANUARY 2009

• Germany prepares new stimulus boost - Financial Times

DECEMBER 2008

• Hypo Real Estate to shed nearly half its workforce - The Local
• Berlin plans to spend €40 billion more to fight recession - Spiegel Online
• Merkel hints at billions for new stimulus plan - The Local

NOVEMBER 2008

• German economy now in recession - BBC
• Hypo Real Estate eyes more bad news - RTE

OCTOBER 2008

• Düsseldorf adding luxury homes - IHT
• Germany seen as a stable, long term option for property investors - Property Wire
• Germany unveils €500bn rescue plan - Financial Times

JUNE 2008

• Major property investment players looking to Germany - Property Wire
• A rebirth for that small town in Germany - IHT
• Berlin’s bohemian lifestyle is attracting overseas buyers. Just don’t expect a quick profit - The Times

MAY 2008

• Measures on existing buildings characterise medium- and long-term demand in Germany - IFO
• Dollar fall may trigger German property sell-off - Reuters

APRIL 2008

• Investin in German real estate - NuWire Investor
• Huge potential as Berlin property goes nowhere - Reuters
• If Germany offers a window on global financial health, the the view is good - The Independent
• Politicians Call for State-Owned Banks to Merge - Spiegel Online

MARCH 2008

• fo Construction Forecast: measures on existing buildings characterise medium- and long-term demand i - IFO

FEBRUARY 2008

• M&A to remodel German listed property landscape - Reuters

JANUARY 2008

• Employment and unemployment in Germany - Germany Economy Watc

AUGUST 2007

• German recovery - it's not government labour market and welfare state reforms - VOX

JULY 2007

• German recovery - it's the supply side - VOX

JUNE 2007

• Can Germany be saved? The malaise of the world's first welfare state - VOX
• Berlin’s famous Alexanderplatz reinvents itself - DW-WORLD.DE
• German property boomlet fizzles out - Telegraph.co.uk
• Structural aspects of German export dependence - German Economy Watch

FEBRUARY 2007

• Alternative Living Makes a Comeback in Germany - Deutsche Welle
• German thinktank broadens property research - PropertyEU

JANUARY 2007

• Low risk high yield properties in Berlin - eisier.com
• Lured by Property Bargains, Foreign Investors Flock to Berlin - Deutsche Welle
• Low prices luring foreigners - Star Telegram

DECEMBER 2006

• Questions over capital gains as foreign buyers pour into Berlin - Financial Times (nee

OCTOBER 2006

• German property market potential - Reuters
• German economists lift 2006 forecast - BusinessWeek
• German office markets in the 3rd quarter of 2006 (pdf) - Colliers

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Forecast for Germany 2007 (pdf) - West LB

AUGUST 2006

• ECB expected to raise interest rate - MSN

JULY 2006

• German ’rich tax’ bill approved - BBC News
• Should you buy in Germany? - This is Money
• Market Report Investment 2nd Term 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

JUNE 2006

• Scenes for divestment (pdf) - Deutsche Bank
• Signs point to a lasting rebound in Germany - IHT

MAY 2006

• Joy stirs sleepy Berlin market - IHT

APRIL 2006

• In Germany, outlook is bullish for first time in years - IHT

MARCH 2006

• Germany set for property boom - 999 Today

JANUARY 2006

• Merkel government and July World Cup pushes German consumer confidence to eight-month high - FinFacts
• European housing ends year on surprisingly upbeat note - IHT
• Introduction to REIT in Germany - KPMG

MAY 2005

• Outlook for German residential RE market (pdf) - Euro Hypo

FEBRUARY 2005

• Berlin: Luxury for less - IHT

SEPTEMBER 2004

• Probe into Frankfurt property market scandal - Financial Times

JUNE 2004

• Using hedonic pricing for the German house price index (pdf) - German Statistic off

MARCH 2004

• A nation of poets and thinkers - less so with Eastern enlargement? - Gesy