annual financial statement 2011 - conwert Immobilien Invest SE
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INTRO |<br />
| CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
MANAGEMENT REPORT<br />
Outlook and post-balance sheet date report<br />
BERLIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET<br />
Experts forecast stable demand for apartment buildings in the Berlin residential property market<br />
in the year 2012. Prices will presumably remain at the current level. For owners who want to<br />
take advantage of a tax-free sale after ten years – an opportunity that currently still exists – there<br />
are good chances of attractive selling prices. German players will continue to dominate the market,<br />
although demand from countries like Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Israel, etc. will increase<br />
further. Private and institutional investors with a strong equity basis will most likely use the market<br />
for purchases. The average debt ratio will range between 60 and 70% of the purchase price as the<br />
financing behaviour of banks is unlikely to change fundamentally. Experts assume that Berlin will<br />
again see the strongest demand in the property market, ahead of Hamburg and Munich by a clear<br />
margin. Many investors are expected to have the German capital on their radar in 2012, after Berlin<br />
was not in the investment focus for many institutional investors in the previous years. Increasing<br />
rents and very good forecasts for the residential market have ensured that in addition to private<br />
investors, who have considered Berlin an investment stronghold for a long time, institutional<br />
investors are active as buyers again. For many affluent private investors the reasons for a stable<br />
investment in uncertain times are evident. Interest rates will continue to be favourable in the year<br />
2012, according to numerous experts. Rental income currently grows above the inflation rate<br />
and the vacancy rate is declining continuously. Scarce supply should continue to lead to further<br />
moderate price increases, with the average prices in Berlin having remained remarkably stable so<br />
far. Although purchase prices rose, there was no price explosion. According to experts, Berlin still<br />
represents a market full of opportunities for investors in 2012, which, unlike other large cities in<br />
Germany, has sufficient fungibility. Many property experts are convinced that, searching systematically,<br />
there are still sufficient investments to be made in the German capital, while the apartment<br />
building market in other cities appears to be less appealing because of shortages in supply.<br />
(Study of Dr. Zitelmann)<br />
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