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Episode Archive
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Blockchain: what does it mean for Germany’s real estate market?
Blockchain is starting to filter through to the German real estate market, with many in the industry hoping to gain a major competitive edge if they embrace it head-on. Some real estate investor...
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Multifamily investment tops new high of EUR40bn
Multifamily investment reached a new high of EUR40bn across eight European markets, including Germany, tracked by Savills last year, the highest ever recorded and up 27% on 2017.
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All Trumped out, as Frau Merkel sets determined new course
This was the week that a shaken Angela Merkel told her fellow citizens in a Munich beer hall that the EU must now be prepared to look after itself, and cast aside any expectations of solidarity ...
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German government mulls change to crowdfunding regulation
Currently, crowdfunding regulation in Germany states that it is exempt from the kind of regulatory controls imposed on senior lending and publically-raised equity, which are heavily regulated. A...
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German government to abolish tax advantages on share deals
In response to a request on the part of Germany’s Alliance ’90 and Green Party, the German government has said that proposed solutions will be presented at the Finance Ministry’s conference on 1...
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Faith in German bricks and mortar, as the tide of revolution recedes
As Gary Lineker famously com- mented, “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” Nowadays, in the shadow of Brexit, the world...
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In God we trust. All others must bring hard data.
The latest MIPIM in Cannes was, by almost universal consent, one of the most mellow and easygoing in recent years, at least for German participants. The uninterrupted sunshine, the positive mood...
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All change at Germany’s SPD while election battle lines get re-drawn
Germany’s left-of-centre SPD , the junior partner in the governing coalition in Berlin with Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU grouping, has been at the forefront of a new drive to dampen the country’s res...
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Grab that German life-boat while you can, ahead of a ‘train-crash’ Brexit
The big institutional players are all convinced that 2017 will see – yet again heightened demand for investment in real estate. This applies particularly to Germany, whose status as a safe have...
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Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten...?
One of the perks of editing a publication like REFIRE is the opportunity it affords your editor to hang out with people who can see into the future. Their relationship with their crystal ball, t...
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