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Wüest Partner publishes Renewables Report 2025: Real estate is driving the energy transition

The new 'Renewables Report Germany 2025' by Wüest Partner shows that 61% of net electricity in the first half of 2025 will come from renewable energies. Rooftop photovoltaic systems are crucial for the energy transition, while challenges such as overloaded grids remain.

The new three SFDR product categories mark a real system change

The new three SFDR product categories mark a real system change: instead of Art. 8/9 labels, which are susceptible to interpretation, there are now clear, quantitative criteria for transition, ESG basics and sustainable products – each with 70 percent minimum quotas and defined exclusions. ...

Study by Wüest Partner: Cologne area in transition – rents rise sharply, region moves more into focus

Wüest Partner examines 23 cities and municipalities in the Cologne area. Asking rents will increase by an average of 18 percent between the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2025.

Outpatient senior living is gaining in importance – large rent spread according to the Nursing Home Atlas 2025

The market is growing, but remains selective: stable demand meets limited supply. The decisive factors for rent levels and yield potential are location, furnishings and service concept.

New study by Wüest Partner: CO₂ emissions are empirically proven drivers of real estate values for the first time

How does a building's CO₂ emissions affect its market value? A new study by Wüest Partner provides reliable empirical evidence for the first time.

Nursing Home Atlas 2025: Investment pressure, location quality and ESG requirements characterize the nursing home market

Wüest Partner expects an additional demand of up to 145,937 nursing home places by 2040. Nursing homes with good location factors and good operator quality or creditworthiness are once again becoming the focus of investors.

CSRD creates transparency – energy policy must take greater account of the social dimension

Comment on the ZIA press release by Dr. Michael Heigl, Director Sustainability at Wüest Partner

Office use in 2025: ESG-compliant quarters instead of isolated office locations

What will become of the office in a time marked by home office, ESG regulations and economic uncertainty? In an interview with Wüest Partner, Emanuel Coskun, Senior Managing Director at Hines Germany, gives an assessment of the future of the office markets in Germany.

Stuttgart

Analysis by Wüest Partner: Stuttgart area with strong rent increase and falling purchase prices – Korntal-Münchingen leads location ranking

Wüest Partner analyzes 25 cities and municipalities around Stuttgart. Asking rents rise by an average of 14.0 percent – housing in Sindelfingen is the most expensive, in Aichwald the cheapest.

Office market Germany 2025: robust demand until 2030 – investor opportunities in Regensburg and Karlsruhe – highest yield in Ludwigshafen

Wüest Partner publishes new office market study with details on demographics, employment, rent spectrums and yields for 37 German cities

EZB Zinsentscheid

Unchanged key interest rate: assessment by Annika Steiner, Partner at Wüest Partner

The ECB is leaving the key interest rate at 2.00 percent, signaling that it is waiting for the time being. It is likely to be a well-chosen period for a pause in interest rate cuts after the ECB reaches the neutral range of its monetary policy in June 2025...