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DZG: Struggling town centres need a strong hospitality sector!

The ‘Germany City Centre Study 2026/27’ confirms that restaurants and cafés are key strengths and attractions in city centres, scoring top marks and enjoying stable demand. The DZG is calling for better framework conditions to support this: flexible employment, less red tape and planning certainty.

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Rohrer Immobilien: Quality prevails – Munich’s property market between stabilisation and selection

Rohrer Immobilien continues to view Munich as a stable property market. In the residential sector, value-add properties and conversions are in demand; in the commercial sector, the wheat is being separated from the chaff, with adjusted prices opening up opportunities. Quality, location and ESG compliance remain crucial.

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DAVE: The property investment market is regaining momentum / Residential property is a source of stability / “The era of blanket investment is over”

The DAVE Market Report 2026/2027 shows that the German property investment market is recovering, with transaction volumes rising in many cities and across many asset classes. Residential property acts as an anchor of stability; in the office sector, quality is key. Austria is still lagging behind in the recovery.

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Hotel investment market: Smaller transactions dominate market activity in the first nine months of 2026

The German hotel investment market recorded a transaction volume of €1.01 billion (−33 per cent) in Q1–Q3 2026. Smaller transactions dominated, with value-add deals accounting for around 49 per cent. The prime yield stood at 5.25 per cent; stable demand (223.8 million overnight stays) is underpinning the market.

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Logistics property: Tenants are paying more attention to quality and performance

Europe’s logistics tenants are increasingly demanding high-quality, high-performance space. According to the European Logistics Survey 2026, demand remains stable, decision-making processes are taking longer and many are optimising their portfolios rather than expanding. Electricity supply is becoming a key selection criterion.

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REALOGIS: Large-scale properties dominate the Berlin logistics property market

REALOGIS reports 332,000 m² of space taken up in the Berlin logistics property market for Q1–Q3 2026, of which 300,500 m² was warehouse space (-9% year-on-year). Rents remain stable: peak of €10.50/m², average of €8.10/m². Large-scale properties and existing assets dominate; key deals include JD Logistics and ASML.

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Dortmund office market remains close to the average despite a lack of major deals

The Dortmund office market recorded 64,000 m² of take-up in the first nine months of 2026 (-27 per cent year-on-year) and remained close to the 10-year average despite the absence of deals exceeding 10,000 m². Prime rent: €23/m² (+2 per cent); average rent: €13.30/m² (-8 per cent). Vacant space: 151,000 m²; vacancy rate: 4.7 per cent.

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A sluggish first three quarters on the Essen office market: take-up well below average

The Essen office market remained subdued in the first three quarters of 2026: take-up totalled around 31,000 m², 33 per cent below the previous year and 60 per cent below the long-term average; activity was concentrated primarily on small units. Prime rent stood at €20/m², with a vacancy rate of 8.4 per cent. Annual take-up is expected to be around 50,000 m².

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Leipzig office market: Take-up remains below last year’s level – momentum picks up slightly as the year progresses

The Leipzig office market recorded 55,000 m² of take-up by Q3 2026 (-13% year-on-year); in the third quarter, activity picked up to 22,000 m². Prime rent remained stable at €21/m², with the average at €13.60/m² (+2%). Vacancy stood at 252,000 m², construction activity at 33,000 m² (-58%), and pre-letting at 79%.

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Cologne office market: subdued demand – noticeably longer letting processes

The Cologne office market recorded a take-up of 107,000 m² up to Q3 2026, which is significantly below the previous year’s figure (-40 per cent) and the ten-year average (-43 per cent). Demand remains subdued, and letting processes are taking longer; prime rent €33.50/m², vacancy rate 564,000 m² (+19%), pre-let rate 74.5%.

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Strong results in the Bavarian capital – top rents in Munich break the €60/m² mark

According to BNP Paribas Real Estate, the Munich office market recorded 485,000 m² of take-up in Q1–Q3 2026 (+19 per cent year-on-year). The prime rent rose to €60 per m² within twelve months (+9 per cent), with an average of €26.90 per m². The industrial sector is driving demand; the vacancy rate remains stable at 8.1 per cent.

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Frankfurt office market posts strong quarterly turnover – prime rents have been rising steadily since Q3 2025

Frankfurt’s office market recorded around 127,000 m² in Q3 2026, making it the strongest quarter of the last five years. In the first three quarters, approximately 300,000 m² were let, 40 per cent below the previous year’s figure. Prime rents have risen by 6 per cent since Q3 2025 to €57 per m² and could soon exceed €60 per m².

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