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Higher Performance Drives Data Center Energy Demand

Electricity availability, sustainability and regulation pose challenges

The relentless rise in global yield curves

Swelling deficits and political uncertainty are steeping the curve.

ELTIF: European Success Stories – Also for Germany?

"The knot has burst," states the introduction to the broad-based study on the ELTIF market by the analysis firm Scope. In fact, ELTIFs have become the trendsetter of recent years.

Growing investment opportunities expected in the student housing market in Germany

The demand for high-quality, flexibly usable housing for students in Germany remains high. As a recent publication by Savills shows, there is attractive investment potential in the area of student housing.

Uncertainty has come to stay. That’s not all bad

Prof. Dr. Tobias Just on structural changes that reach far into the future and their implications for the real estate industry.

French SCPIs are increasingly investing across borders – capital inflows are recovering

According to Savills' latest analysis, French SCPIs* are increasingly investing outside their home market – with other European countries as the main beneficiaries.

The VC Ecosystem in Germany

Private Markets – LiveTALK: “2025: Reset on the real estate markets – What investors can do in the 2nd half of the year”

In the first Private Markets - LiveTALK webinar, we discuss with experts from the real estate industry what investors can do in the 2nd half of the year, which types of use will become (more) attractive, what role secondaries play and how investors can deal with expiring loans.

Navigating the Private Markets landscape in 2025 (so far)

Like other asset classes, Private Markets have had to navigate a 2025 strewn with macro uncertainty. Here, we look at assets we believe are screening positively in the current environment, while asking what needs to change to bolster other sub-sectors.

Office real estate markets on hold

The German office property market will remain cautious in the first quarter of 2025, but selling pressure is increasing as many standstill agreements expire. Pricing remains challenging, but investors can benefit from discounts, especially for properties with development potential. The secondary market for fund shares offers a discreet way to adjust office allocations.

Global investment market to grow by 34 percent in the first quarter of 2025

Global real estate transaction volume reached $185 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 34 percent year-on-year. EMEA achieved the largest increase in sales among the world regions at 41 percent.

Where institutional investors are heading in the 2nd half of the year

A recent survey of institutional investors and asset managers conducted by Real Blue Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft in May 2025 shows interest in the residential, logistics and – increasingly – data centre segments.

Geopolitical uncertainty and tariffs will not affect the long-term recovery of global office and industrial investment

In its latest Global Capital Markets Reports, Savills has examined the likely short- and long-term impact of recent macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties.

“Buy in May”? – Psychological pitfalls and real opportunities on the housing market

Every spring, it haunts the financial world again: the stock market wisdom “Sell in May and go away – and come back on St. Leger's Day”. But can this capital market logic be transferred to the real estate market?

Czech Republic, Hungary and Ireland record largest increase in European logistics investment volume

According to the latest Savills study, the investment volume for logistics real estate in Europe reached €38.2 billion in 2024, an increase of 15% compared to the previous year. This result is mainly due to a robust end to the year.

Structural Tailwinds in Real Estate: Why Supermarkets, Student Housing, Healthcare, and Logistics Are the Segments to Watch

The European real estate landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by enduring demographic, consumer, and technological shifts. Four sectors in particular are emerging as the most resilient, scalable, and institutionally appealing.

Office take-up in Europe up 4%, while completions are expected to decline by 2026

In the first quarter of 2025, European office space take-up reached 1.9 million m², according to the latest analysis by Savills, which corresponds to an increase of four percent compared to the previous year. Savills expects an increase of 5% year-on-year for the full year 2025.

Social Infrastructure: The Topic of the Future for Core Investors

If you want to invest in the German real estate market in the long term and stably, you should consider the social infrastructure sector with schools, daycare centres and administrative buildings.

Housing Shortage in Europe further deteriorates

Rental Prices Increase by 2.4% Within Six Months, Overcrowding on the Rise

KGAL Core 5 expands pan-European residential portfolio with acquisition in The Hague

Grünwald near Munich, 20.05.2025 – KGAL has acquired a fully let residential property with around 3,000 square metres in The Hague, the Netherlands, completed in 2024, for its pan-European residential real estate fund KGAL Core 5.

Puzzle of megatrends: Which trends are moving the real estate world?

Commercial vacancy and rising rents: What real estate investors should be aware of now

Deglobalisation 2.0: Infrastructure

While the infrastructure sector is large and diverse, we’ve chosen to focus our last blog of this series on the digital sector where the long-term scale of asset creation is likely to be especially large and the implications of deglobalisation may be particularly relevant.

Cost increase for top offices accelerates in Q1 2025

Rental growth for prime office space* worldwide accelerated in the first quarter of 2025. Rents rose by 0.6% on average compared to the previous quarter, after an increase of 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, Savills said.