Laura Malsch

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Malsch

Die Preise für Neubauhäuser in Deutschland sind im Mai auf einen neuen Rekordwert gestiegen. Die Wohnungsknappheit befeuert die Nachfrage und unterstreicht die Dringlichkeit, mit der die Regierung von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz ihr Versprechen einlösen muss, den Wohnungsbau anzukurbeln. Wie aus den von der Immobilienfinanzierungsplattform Europace veröffentlichten Daten hervorgeht, stiegen die Preise für Neubauhäuser und -wohnungen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um rund 2%.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Malsch

Apartment buildings under construction in Berlin. (Bloomberg) -- Prices for new homes in Germany rose to a record in May as housing shortages drive demand, underscoring the urgency facing Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to make good on a pledge to boost residential construction. Compared to the previous year, costs for buying new-build houses and apartments increased by around 2% last month, according to data published by real estate financing platform Europace.

4 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Laura Malsch

Volkswagen is negotiating directly with the US government to settle the tariff dispute, CEO Oliver Blume tells German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview. “I was in Washington myself and we have been in regular contact ever since.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Malsch |Arno Schütze

Bettina Orlopp(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s mortgage market has bounced back from an unprecedented slump and could now be poised to benefit from government plans to ramp up spending, according to Commerzbank AG Chief Executive Officer Bettina Orlopp. After higher borrowing and construction costs hit the housing market, the market for home loans has “clearly recovered,” Orlopp said Friday during an earnings call. “Price development is also more favorable than a year ago,” she said.

2 months ago | ba.bloombergadria.com | Laura Malsch

Podijeli vijest Vijesti 13. april 2025, 14:30 Budući njemački kancelar, Friedrich Merz, izjavio je da trgovinske politike Donalda Trumpa, posebno uvođenje carina, povećavaju rizik od finansijske krize, te zagovara sporazum o slobodnoj trgovini između SAD-a i Evrope – ideju koja je do sada nailazila na neprijateljski stav američkog predsjednika. "Da, nadam se novom transatlantskom sporazumu o slobodnoj trgovini", izjavio je Merz u intervjuu za Handelsblatt.