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German real estate lending rebounds in 2025 as residential demand leads recovery

German banks increased real estate lending sharply in 2025, signalling a recovery in property financing activity after a sharp decline in activity.
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INREV: policy uncertainty a brake to investment in resi

Finnish pension fund sells €900m housing portfolio in cash-and-shares deal

Coima sets new targets to tackle Italy’s housing challenge

Outlook 2026: Denmark resi attracts strong investor interest

Operational excellence is key to residential performance

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Positive momentum builds in CEE student housing and serviced living

Heribert Gangl, Head of Hotels and Tourism, Erste Group Bank
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Senior living in Europe is an opportunity for US investors

Jennifer Dixon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, JD Solutions Group
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Poland’s student housing sector enters next stage of institutional growth

Agata Jurek-Zbrojska, Partner and Head of Real Estate and Construction, CMS Poland
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Strong demand for residential across all major European cities

Hilke Nijmeijer, senior portfolio manager at CBRE Investment Management

EDF Invest and Savills IM enter €600m pan-European living JV

Invesco targets low-rise rental schemes to bypass UK construction hurdles

CBRE IM recapitalises Vía Célere with €300m injection, valuing platform around €1bn

Noli Studios adds 398-unit scheme in Poland with launch of Gdańsk Old Town site

Sarcc establishes ‘significant’ residential opportunity across Saudi Arabia

Courtney Fingar

HUK-Coburg commits €50m anchor investment to European senior loan platform
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Market recovers at different speeds in Europe with residential a big focus for the Netherlands

Alexander Huber, Global Head of Real Estate, BayernLB Annemarie Leeuwen, Head of Real Estate Amsterdam, BayernLB

HIH Invest enters Austrian resi market with Vienna acquisition

M&G acquires 296-unit resi development in The Hague

Barings makes Danish debut by buying Catella resi scheme

c€460m refinance for Kennedy Wilson-Axa JV Irish resi assets

SevenCapital plans London resi expansion with GDV of £1bn

Greystar targets Berlin and forms JV with Primus Immo

Mark Allnutt, Greystar: ‘Regardless of the economy, people need somewhere to live’

Paul Strohm

Biophilic riverside living in Seoul

Nicol Dynes

Dils expands to Spain, takes majority stake in Lucas Fox

Greystar makes first acquisition in Toulouse area of France

Berlin Hyp backs green and social housing with €170m loan

Round Hill invests €100m in Berlin resi with dry powder ready

Ghelamco UK starts building The HiLight tower in London

Local authorities help Heim UK resi fund to £375m first close

Catella acquires Instone resi project in Nuremberg area

Q4 ’24: German resi’s strongest since interest rate hikes began

Multi to repurpose former Dutch department store

Patron and Santander resi unit aim €365m at 16 sites in Spain

Savills IM/Greystar JV acquires €150m rental asset in Madrid

Niam increases Swedish BTR portfolio with Stockholm buy

ZAR on a mission to green Germany’s residential

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Matter and GCM Grosvenor to invest €500 mln in resi projects

FBK acquires Nuremberg resi following Alpha insolvency

Logistics and Resi the sectors to bet on in the Dutch market

Bouwinvest sells 48 homes in Haarlem to TBM real estate

Nrep acquires 524-unit resi portfolio in central Stockholm

Germany’s residential market showing signs of recovery in Q2

Stranded offices are a lesson for residential

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Milan’s urban regeneration continues with Artown project

Bluerock buys four-asset resi portfolio in ‘challenging’ Berlin

Empira: German residential market resilient to all crises

Nuveen acquires €42m single family portfolio in Helsinki

Catella: rents to rise as demand for resi stays strong in Europe

Heitman continues Nordic resi crusade with Oslo acquisition

French resi and logistics easy to finance as demand stays high

Amro plans 1,000 homes on site of south London retail park

Empira: resi rents to increase in Germany as prices decline

AEW: ‘Solid fundamentals’ for Europe’s prime resi markets

Asia Special: ‘Redefining the status quo of urban living’

Nicol Dynes

‘Living’ is first choice for Europe investors with €63bn allocated

Barings buys in Stockholm as expands resi assets in Europe

Abrdn European resi fund adds €100m and focuses on 2024

Residential opportunities must be taken when they arise

Nicol Dynes

Netherlands looks to revive ‘dead’ housing market

Nicol Dynes

Axa expands multifamily portfolio with US acquisition

Catella resi fund buys Cologne affordable housing project

Axa IM Alts kicks off residential scheme in Milan’s San Siro area

Investors increase focus on ‘living’ for next five years

Galliard completes The Stage, £750m resi tower in London

RE Capital’s €110m Lisbon resi project targets younger cohort

Second CBRE IM/Vonovia deal in ’23 brings spend to €920m

Investors press pause button in the Dutch market

Judi Seebus

INREV: residential sector still at the top of investors’ wish list

“Now it’s a good time to invest in Europe’s residential market”

Future-proofed Dublin project awarded WiredScore accolade

PGIM Real Estate enters JV focused on Italian residential

Investors should avoid certain German cities says new report

BNP Paribas REIM buys off-plan resi asset in Bordeaux

Berlin Hyp’s social loan targets affordable housing supply

Iberian Summit: Spain coping with macro headwinds better

Iberia Summit: BTR in Spain is ‘the best asset class to invest in’

‘Milestone’ consent for £160m Manchester mixed resi project

Redevco acquires Life Europe and launches residential arm

Proptech to the rescue as resi tenants’ demands are evolving

Amro Partners and NTT UD team up for co-living project

Residential sector set to become more institutional

Nicol Dynes

€560m portfolio sale brings Vonovia near 2023 sales target

Union buys majority of MRP’s Mix resi project in Amsterdam

Vonovia sells €1 billion stake in German resi portfolio to Apollo

Aeon: family offices in US and Europe turning to real estate

Resi will retain its attraction despite yield increase in 2023

Heimstaden establishes new green financing framework

MIPIM: Residential sector to become more institutional

Manchester pension equity aids Heimstaden buy back

Berlin maintains appeal for rented residential investors

M&G European ‘living’ fund acquires Dublin PRS project

Catella Elithis fund acquires green resi project in France

AXA IM Alts buys The Ridge residential complex in Delft

TfL and Network Rail team up to build 20,000 London homes

Axa grows APAC resi stake with €420m Japan portfolio deal

First acquisition in Spain for KGAL’s new resi impact fund

Germany’s ZBI takes first step into Dutch residential market

HIH buys 100,000 sq m resi portfolio from Quarterback

Investors commit €578m to new M&G European living fund

Patron/Bluestone/FREO trio extends Milan resi footprint

Spanish Sareb buys out Värde stake in housebuilder Árqura

Sky-House to develop 106 green homes in Yorkshire

NCC to refurbish 303 resi units in Copenhagen for Bo-Vest

Canary Wharf: Residential showcases green commitments

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Henderson acquires majority of German residential developer

Pocket Living pockets consents for two London resi projects

Skanska invests in Finnish residential development

Stoneweg’s €24m loan backs luxury Madrid housing project

CBRE IM plans office-to-resi conversion for new Berlin buy

Iberian briefing: resi for rent is “the new must have” in Spain

ULI and JLL collaborate to promote benefits of co-living

Looming regulation brings Dutch resi market to ‘a standstill’

Nicol Dynes
Affordably priced housing

Generating returns with affordably priced housing

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EXPO Real: Resi set to defy negative market pressures

Strategic Value finances Spanish residential giant

Dutch resi market frozen as regulatory squeeze looms

Silvertip Capital hires five-member Corestate team

Trei RE defies the slowdown with €1.6 billion resi pipeline

Axa IM Alts pays €423m for two residential portfolios in Japan

The Grounds to increase density of Berlin resi asset

Greystar pays €180m for Vienna residential tower

Redevco gears up for more large scale UK resi projects

Silbury lends £96m in fillip for UK residential developments

JLL bets on Italian resi sector in partnership with Abitare Co

Consortium provides £770m to complete Nine Elms project

Orange Capital Partners snaps up NREP Danish resi portfolio

Residential: ‘Lives have changed – people want a more flexible way to live’

Nicol Dynes

UK homes-for-homeless REIT’s £263m placing oversubscribed

‘Strategic undersupply’ boosts resilience of resi assets: Colliers

Hines and PGGM to build 1,400 new rental apartments in Milan

Mayfair and Swiss Life make £74m UK resi debut in Salford

Resi in demand in every market, mature or emerging

Netherlands: lack of supply brings ‘race for space’ among sectors

Nicol Dynes

MIPIM: resi must diversify to keep up with new demand

Plan for new £250 million resi-led scheme in South Wembley

New developments put Redevco on course to net zero

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New UK property register targets Londongrad’s oligarchs

Addington and Baumont buy £99m London resi portfolio

Safe haven Germany a magnet for investors in uncertain times

‘Race for space’ in the Dutch market due to lack of supply

Cerberus and Rockwell JV grabs London residential site

More opportunities as the investable universe expands

Commerz Real acquires four resi projects in ‘swarm cities’

Zetland invests €100 million in two buildings in central Turin

KKR buys €1bn German resi portfolio from Adler Group

Allianz buys into Heimstaden Swedish resi portfolio in new JV

Great acceleration in European resi states Primonial REIM

Great demand for French resi but hard to build critical mass

Garbe Institutional kicks off with Amsterdam purchase

Primevest Capital Partners acquires Saarbrücken resi

Focus on resi has helped the growth of alternative lenders

Shifting consumer attitudes to housing create opportunities

Resi in demand in the Dutch market but tax issues loom

GetLiving forward funds Hub’s £155m UK residential project

Axa IM Alts boosts Japan resi portfolio with €82m purchase

New Patron partnership plans €250m Milan resi portfolio

Domicil buys 2,300-home Swiss Life German resi portfolio

Heimstaden Bostad pays €9.1bn for residential portfolio

German housing giants sell Berlin state €2.46bn portfolio

Residential provides best opportunity in Dutch market

Mark-Credit Suisse JV to build €1bn ‘granular’ resi portfolio

Schroders and Civitas close impact investing Fund

Heimstaden boosts Danish assets with €343m portfolio

German acquisitions swell Catella residential fund AUM

Overheating risk for office-to-resi conversions, says Zurich UK

New €800m BMO resi fund targets population growth

Round Hill, Mubadala and Ivanhoé partner on Dutch resi

La Française and Vinci join forces to find 1,000 homes

Berlin Hyp finances residential portfolio in The Netherlands

Catella fund buys Europa-Keystone Danish resi for €85m

Resi investment at record high as investors seek sanctuary

Nicol Dynes

Watching the market: Portugal resi, Where now for offices, Ticking the ‘social box’

Paul Strohm

Patrizia pays €145m for 9-asset Finnish residential portfolio

Odense buy boosts housing portfolio for Sweden’s Niam

NREP aims €500m at Poland in 2021 – buys YIT resi schemes

Real IS rides resi wave with launch of €800m fund

Heimstaden’s €187m purchase widens German exposure

Catella fund ticks ESG boxes with four affordable assets

NREP investing €500 million in resi and logistics in Poland

Investec RE predicts a golden age for UK resi for rent sector

Growing polarisation as resi and logistics are in demand

1,500 affordable homes in new garden eco-village in Cornwall

777 Capital Partners targets US through Winter family office

Swiss Implenia plans €100m Darmstadt residential scheme

Generation rent is here to stay as tenants want flexibility

Strong partnerships the key to delivering affordable homes

Heimstaden pays €190m for Birmingham resi project

Europa and Skerven launch €150m Berlin-focused resi JV

Kohls joins Colliers Germany’s resi capital markets team

Paul Strohm

Apache Capital launches UK’s first single-family PRS scheme

Affordable housing demand increases across Europe

Zero carbon and affordability, the twin challenges for resi

Residential attracting record levels of investment in 2021

Moorfield and Bricklane team up to transform PRS in UK

Chelsea Barracks, Europe’s most sustainable development

New Westminster Plan has impact on prime resi sector

AXA IM Alts raises €800 million for new resi and office strategy

German residential proves to be resilient through the crisis

Resi set to remain the largest sector in The Netherlands

RCA: About 30% of institutions’ funds into apartments in 2020

CBRE GI boosts European resi holdings with Dutch buy

M&G buys €148m Finnish resi assets in European expansion

German residential investment volumes highest since 2015

Student housing continues as Germany’s residential favourite

Catella residential fund buys Austrian and Dutch assets

Invesco targets €500m with open-ended residential fund

Yield advantage gives Poland’s residential sector an edge

Real IS buys Invesco’s ‘Prime Four’ for €300m special AIF

Patrizia pays €100m for Malmo build-to-rent housing project

AXA IMRA buys UK’s largest private residential complex

Iberia: ‘market dislocation lifts value potential’ says DFI

Covid impacts “immaterial” as Vonovia raises €1bn cash

UK housing “disconnected from economic reality”

“Living” sector activity defies pandemic threat