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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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