Thomas List

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Editor, Banks and Insurance Department at Börsen-Zeitung

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New sources of debt needed for commercial real estate refinancing wave

1 week ago | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

In the coming years, real estate loans worth several hundred billion euros will need to be repaid, and experts expect a financing gap in the double-digit billion-euro range. In an interview with Börsen-Zeitung, Patrick Züchner, Chief Investment Officer at Aukera Real Estate, a real estate debt investment manager founded in 2020, notes that bank interest rates are currently between 4% and 4.5%. But many existing loans were made under much more favourable conditions.
Infrastructure spending can give a boost to real estate sector

3 weeks ago | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

A special fund of up to 500 billion euros for infrastructure modernization: What does that mean? The explanatory note to the law states that it specifically targets civil protection, transport infrastructure, hospital investment, energy infrastructure, investment in education, and scientific infrastructure, as well as research & development, and digitalization. It is clear that this primarily addresses the public sector. The focus is on bridges, roads, schools, administrative buildings.
„Market participants need to be patient“

4 weeks ago | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List |Detlef Fechtner

Transaction activity in the German real estate market is expected to gain momentum in 2025, according to forecasts by the international real estate service provider and investment manager JLL. „We anticipate a transaction volume of approximately 40 billion euros this year, up from 35.3 billion euros in the previous year“, says Konstantin Kortmann, CEO Germany at JLL, in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung. However, compared to the 10-year average of 80 billion euros, activity remains low.
EV charging networks, hospitals, and schools as alternative investments

2 months ago | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

The provision and maintenance of roads, schools, and power plants have traditionally been considered the domain of the state. However, for years, increasing amounts of private capital have been flowing into these and many other infrastructure facilities. Public funds are becoming increasingly insufficient to finance these essential services, without which a society cannot function.
Banks are „very, very restrictive“ on lending

2 months ago | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

Innovation and identification with the company have declined, productivity has suffered, and employees are communicating less with each other. All of these realisations are prompting more and more companies to summon their employees back to the office, observes Riza Demirci, Frankfurt Branch Manager at BNP Paribas Real Estate. „But the 100% office presence that existed before coronavirus will not return,“ he emphasised at a press conference in Frankfurt.
Banks lure employees back to the office with top locations

Jan 23, 2025 | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

Something is happening in the Frankfurt office lettings market. If market rumours are to be believed, Commerzbank wants to move into the Central Business Tower, which is currently under construction. Neither the bank nor Helaba wanted to comment on the rumoured negotiations, which real estate analysts Green Street first reported. ING-DiBa is also interested in a new building in Ostend, reports the FAZ.
MLP shareholders can expect a higher dividend

Jan 21, 2025 | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

Mr. Schroeder-Wildberg, what products and services does a typical MLP client currently use? On average, MLP private clients are in their mid-40s, highly educated, and work in sought-after professions. They are aware that the state cannot cover everything, and they need to plan for themselves and their families. They want high quality advisory services to support their financial decisions. An increasingly important aspect for our clients is also the transfer of wealth to the next generation.
Transaction volumes trending upwards in German real estate

Jan 13, 2025 | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

Investors are becoming interested in property as an asset class again, and data from major estate agents shows that there was an uptick in deal activity last year. Around 35 billion euros worth of commercial properties, as well as residential developments, student residences and retirement facilities changed hands in 2024. This is significantly more than in 2023 – though still a far cry from the boom year of 2021, when transaction volume was around three times as high.
Robust investor demand expected for Pfandbriefe

Jan 8, 2025 | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

The overall score of vdp Issuance Climate ,based on a survey of member institutions of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks conducted in November, remains in slightly negative territory. Nonetheless the vdp sees a positive outlook for Pfandbrief sales in the next six months. In contrast, there is growing reticence over the issuance of unsecured bonds.
North America attracts the most capital from billionaires

Dec 11, 2024 | boersen-zeitung.de | Thomas List

Real estate, stocks, gold/precious metals and private equity investments – according to a survey by UBS, these are the asset classes in which billionaires want to invest in the next twelve months. The latest Billionaire Ambitions Report notes that the super rich whose wealth is based on real estate have seen lower gains over the past decade compared to industrial moguls and technology billionaires. With an increase of 30%, their wealth increased the least.