In the USA, the central bank is lowering key interest rates to stimulate the economy

The market for outpatient healthcare real estate is becoming more professional

While nursing homes, for example, have run into financial difficulties in recent months, healthcare properties with outpatient services are experiencing a boom. Since the Corona pandemic, interest in outpatient healthcare real estate has been growing, as their resilience and value stability are valued.

Generative AI in data centres part 2: The evolution of GenAI and data centre investment implications

Industrial and logistics real estate market ends the year with momentum despite difficult conditions

The German investment market for industrial real estate recorded a turnover of around 6.9 billion euros in 2024, which represents an increase of one fifth compared to the previous year.

100 days of the Federal Government: Statement by Francesco Fedele, BF.direkt AG

After 100 days of the new federal government, I see bright and dark sides for the real estate industry. It started with great promises for more economic growth.

Future Outlook & Recommendations for Action

'Farsightedness decides: How institutional portfolios will be successfully positioned in 2030'

Colliers: Increasing portfolio momentum ensures solid results in the industrial and logistics real estate market

The transaction volume was EUR 4.0 billion, 11 percent below the previous year's level. Increasing momentum in the market can be observed above all through portfolio transactions and individual major transactions with volumes in excess of EUR 100 million.

The AI Revolution in Real Estate: Leaders, Moderate Gainers, and Laggards

Principal Asset Management's new analytics model sees the top performers in data centers, life sciences & healthcare real estate, logistics, and retail warehouses.

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.

Still unclear return/risk profile? Investing in green hydrogen from an investor’s perspective

According to the latest survey by the German Alternative Investments Association (BAI), around 57% of the 110 institutional investors surveyed are planning to expand their current exposure to infrastructure equity.

Office letting market in Berlin Q2-2025: Take-up remains subdued – Increased demand in individual sub-markets provides impetus

In the first half of 2025, take-up on the Berlin office letting market amounted to 248,000 m². This represents a decrease of 17.2% compared to the same period last year.

New CBRE survey: Increase in lending expected in the professional real estate market

According to a recent survey by global real estate service provider CBRE, lenders in the professional real estate market in Europe are planning to expand their lending in 2025. Almost 80 percent of the institutions surveyed want to increase their activities.

Munich real estate investment market: Private capital takes advantage of increasing willingness of institutional investors to sell for countercyclical purchases

According to Savills, around 980 million euros were turned over in the Munich real estate investment market in the 1st half of 2025. Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to a decline of 27%. Compared to the 10-year average, sales were even 54% lower.

Retail investment market in Germany: After year-end rally in portfolios, most significant increase in turnover in an asset class comparison

Even though the results of the years before 2023 have not yet been achieved, the retail investment market was able to take advantage of the continuously improved market sentiment over the past 12 months and achieve a good overall balance in 2024.

Sentiment survey 2025: Sentiment in the real estate industry differentiated, the index falls to the level of 2023

Sentiment index falls to -0.41. Stabilization expected in the medium term. Investor interest is focused on residential and logistics properties, retail remains stable, office weakens.

Upturn in investment markets continues

In the first three quarters, turnover on the German investment markets was noticeably higher than in the same period last year. This is shown by the latest analysis by BNP Paribas Real Estate.

New opportunities and a 2-class society on the office market!

The office segment has lost favor with investors. Weak economy, geopolitical crises and changed working environments are the main reasons. Nevertheless, a distinction should be made as to which offices meet the requirements of users and investors in the long term

Data-Driven to Performance and Climate Protection – Rethinking Investment Strategies and Decisions

North America – The Outlook for Mid-Market Infrastructure Investments

Recent years have seen an increasing shift to size in North America with bigger funds, bigger investors and bigger transactions. As a result, the mid-market for Infrastructure is looking a little unloved. Join Igneo's co-heads of North America John Ma and Michael Ryder as they discuss this segment of the market and why they believe it offers opportunity for those that can dedicate a focus here in the latest episode of our Keeping it Real Assets podcast.

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

Perspectives in Private Markets: Secondaries

In this episode, Alex Koriath and his guest, Nic Schellenberg, discuss the basics and benefits of secondaries in the private capital markets space.

Institutional investors are returning to the real estate market – but selectively

The readjustment of the portfolio allocation has begun. This is shown by a survey conducted by INDUSTRIA Immobilien in spring 2025.

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

Bumpy recovery expected in real estate investment markets in 2025

Although the latest transaction data suggest a recovery in the German real estate investment market, the situation remains volatile: the risk premium of real estate compared to long-term government bonds has fallen significantly since the beginning of December.

Market recovery in residential investments continues

In the third quarter of 2025, the German residential investment market continued its market recovery from the first half of the year, although the momentum has recently weakened slightly.