• Germany rates as a safe investment haven also in times of COVID-19
• Commercial transaction volume of €29.3bn in the first six months – up 21% against the already strong year-earlier result
• Office properties remain the most desirable – logistics properties clearly reaping the benefit of the current situation 
• No price discounts because of Corona – prime yields stable across almost all asset classes
• Presence of international investors on the market as strong as in the year-earlier period
• Outlook: Given the abundant liquidity in the market, investment momentum is set to pick up the pace in the second half of the year

• The transaction volume rose up 5% to €12.8bn year on year in the first half of 2020
• 80% of the investment volume was allocated to the seven largest office markets Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart – Berlin clearly in the first place
• Portfolio deals gained significantly in importance - mainly driven by company takeovers
• The average prime yield in the Top 7 office markets decreased by 0.2%-points to 2.89% compared with the first half of 2019. Measured against the first quarter, it held steady
• Outlook: transaction volume of €20bn realistic for the full year 2020

• Take up of around 1.33 million sq m was recorded on the German industrial and logistics real estate market in the first quarter of 2020
• Although this marks a decline of 15.3 percent year on year, at the same time take up is four percent and 9.3 percent higher than the five and ten year averages respectively for a first quarter
• A short term increase in the demand for logistics space leased on a temporary basis has been registered as supermarkets and discounters are experiencing higher volumes of sales and therefore need buffer storage capacity, and the suppliers of closed businesses need to store their goods for the time being.
• The most significant demand in the first quarter originated from the retail sector, including e commerce
• The start to the year proved to be relatively quiet, above all in the Top 5 markets
• Only Hamburg reported a six digit take up of 112,000 sq m 
• Apart from this, the take up volume has risen sharply especially in the greater logistics region around Hanover by more than 95 percent to 160,000 sq m

• Transaction volume reaches €16.5bn in 2019, a decrease of 6% compared to the previous year
• Investments in construction edge up to €5.5bn
• Share of international investors drops to 13.3%, with German

• Steady growth in bricks-and-mortar and online sales
• Food segment growing faster than non-food segment
• Sales areas of physical shops increasing slightly following stagnation in the previous year
• Local supply retailers and discounters are the most active tenants
• Online retail is growing at a single-digit rate and making little progress in the food segment
• Retail property investors are being very selective in their investment decisions
• Focus of investment activity lies outside the top locations
• Rising yields across some individual asset classes
• Expert survey: retail parks are the most popular asset class among retailers and investors
• Expert survey: investors expect yields to remain stable or decline

Report on the significance of investment costs in nursing homes - a differentiated discussion by different authors::

• Introduction to investment costs and their regulation
• The facts of the case about cross-subsidising
• Investment costs as a determinant of value
• Adjustments of investment costs in practice
• The importance of investment costs - the macro view
• The international investor's perspective
• A look into the future & political demands