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Germany property trough worsens as foreign investors scale backFRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - International investors are skirting German property deals as they dial back on a market in its worst crisis in a generation, potentially deepening the scars on Europe's biggest economy.Foreign buyers accounted for 35% of purchases of commercial real estate in the first quarter, data from BNP Paribas Real Estate shows. That is less than in any year since 2013 and comes against the backdrop of a 70% plunge in sales volumes from levels before the 2020-2021 pandemic.The grim figures coincide with a debate about whether Germany is once again "the sick man of Europe" - a label it was given in late 1990s as it struggled with economic stagnation and high unemployment. The nation worked years to shake that label off, but it has re-emerged as Germany weans itself off Russian energy, gets tangled in bureaucracy and sees far-right politicians gaining in the polls.Kurt Zech, one of Germany's biggest developers, warns the market will keep struggling until foreign investors return."The Americans have to come back. When the Blackstones, the Blackrocks, the Morgan Stanley's of this world and Carlyle and Apollo buy in the German market, that will be noticed and then we will all know that we have now reached the bottom," Zech told Reuters in an interview, speaking from his headquarters in the northern city of Bremen.For years, low interest rates, cheap energy and a strong economy sustained a boom across the German property sector, which broadly contributes 730 billion euro ($793.51 billion) a year to the nation's economy, or roughly a fifth of Germany's output.That boom ended when rampant inflation forced the European Central Bank to swiftly raise borrowing costs. Real-estate financing dried up, deals fizzled, projects stalled, major developers went bust, and some banks teetered. The industry called on Berlin to intervene.Commercial property prices tumbled another 9.6% in the first three months of 2024 compared with a year earlier after a 10.2% drop for 2023 - according to the VDP banking association, predicting more pain ahead."Germany was a beacon of stability in Europe and people flocked to buy property here," said Carsten Brzeski, chief economist of Dutch bank ING in Germany, one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders."Now, the economic engine is stuttering and needs maintenance. It's no longer the shiny new thing investors want."Foreign investors accounted for 37% of transaction volumes in German commercial property in 2023, the lowest reading of the past decade, according BNP Paribas. It slipped further to 35% in the first quarter.There were years when foreigners accounted for half of all the deals for commercial property, which makes up the bulk of Germany's property market and eclipses residential sales.While high interest rates have weighed on property markets globally, the takeaway from the annual gathering of the sector's global elite in Cannes, France, in March was that Germany was hit especially hard."Where the mood is really at its worst is Germany," Simone Pozzato, a managing director and fund manager at Hines, said in an interview there.Another executive at a European developer, who declined to be named, said it planned to redeploy staff from Germany to markets such as Britain where investor interest was stronger and where activity was expected to recover sooner.High energy costs, weak global demand, a disruptive shift towards net-zero economies, and growing competition from China are raising questions about Germany's economic model. Some executives say the nation's historically strong industrial base is close to cracking.The German Council of Economic Experts last week cut its forecasts, predicting the economy will barely grow this year, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke of "unprecedented challenges".Some features of the German property market also make it a harder sell.Germany rebuilt itself from the rubble of World War Two with a decentralized design without a single dominating city. That can be a turn-off for foreign buyers who tend to target truly global centres, such as London or Paris."It's ... easier to understand how those cities tick. It's easier than understanding Cologne," said Inga Schwarz, head of research at BNP Paribas Real Estate.Another hurdle: German landlords typically try to ride out downturns without slashing property prices, deterring potential buyers and delaying a pickup in transactions needed to revive the market."International market participants criticize that in Germany large property holders have only devalued by a few percentage points in some cases, while other countries devalued 20% to 30%," said Hela Hinrichs, senior research analyst with Jones Lang LaSalle.Those few deals around are often being made under duress. Signa, the property conglomerate that went bust, has been shedding assets to pay off creditors, and the landlord Vonovia (VNAn.DE), opens new tab has been selling apartments to pare down debt."If you look deeper into many of the deals, you'll see that they have their peculiarities," said Marcus Cieleback, head of research at the German property asset manager Patrizia. "Is this really a free market transaction or is it possibly something else?"Meanwhile, Zech, the property tycoon whose name is on construction sites throughout Germany, is calling on banks to keep the money flowing to the industry so that projects can be completed, and said he hopes the market starts to turn around this year.To potential foreign buyers, he says: "My message is that there are currently some good projects in Germany."
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El Constitucional avala la ley de vivienda aunque declara inconstitucionales algunos preceptosSolo anula el artículo que rige la vivienda protegida y parte de otro sobre el suministro de información por parte de los grandes tenedores. Cuatro magistrados conservadores emitirán voto particular.El Tribunal Constitucional ha decidido este martes dar su aval al grueso de la contestada ley de vivienda del Ejecutivo, aunque declara inconstitucionales algunos preceptos. El tribunal lo ha decidido por una mayoría de 6 a 4 impulsada por el bloque progresista. Así lo ha determinado en su primer pronunciamiento sobre la ley, que cumple esta semana un año.Pese a que el pleno del TC ha decidido avalarla, los magistrados del ala conservadora Ricardo Enríquez, Enrique Arnaldo, Concepción Espejel y César Tolosa emitirán un voto particular en contra.Como adelantó EXPANSIÓN, el tribunal ha optado por dar el visto bueno a gran parte de la ley, si bien ha decidido declarar inconstitucionales algunos aspectos relacionados con la invasión competencial en materia de vivienda, puesto que están transferidas a las comunidades autónomas. Eso sí, también ha rechazado la gran mayoría de los argumentos recogidos en el recurso, que aludían igualmente a invasión de competencias en otros artículos pero que el tribunal ha decidido no tener en cuenta.De esta forma, ha estimado parte del recurso, interpuesto por la Junta de Andalucía, con lo que ha declarado como inconstitucionales el artículo 16, por el cual establece qué es una vivienda protegida; y parte del 19.3, que regulaba la "colaboración y suministro de información de los grandes tenedores en zonas de mercado residencial tensionado".Este recurso de la Junta de Andalucía es uno de los ochos que el TC ha aceptado hasta la fecha relativos a esta norma, de seis gobiernos regionales, el Parlamento catalán y 50 diputados del Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.El recurso de la Junta de Andalucía proponía la impugnación de todos aquellos preceptos que tienen que ver con los conceptos de vivienda protegida, vivienda asequible incentivada, gran tenedor y parque público. "La regulación de la Ley Estatal de Vivienda en estos artículos es tan completa y acabada que no deja resquicio alguno para la regulación al legislador autonómico", subrayaba el texto de dicho recursoPolémica desde su aprobaciónAunque la ley de vivienda no ha levantando tantas ampollas como uno de los asuntos centrales de esta legislatura, la ley de amnistía, ha sido polémica desde que el Congreso la aprobó, a finales de abril del año pasado, así como desde que entró en vigor, algo de lo que hará un año esta misma semana.Curiosamente, el punto más polémico no tiene que ver ni con el recurso presentado por la Junta de Andalucía ni con el resto de recursos, puestos que desde el primer día el principal punto contestado de esta norma es el de establecer topes de alquiler, incrementos máximos de precio que el Gobierno ha intentado introducir en aquellos lugares conocidos como zonas tensionadas, como se conocen las zonas, especialmente de las grandes ciudades y de los municipios turísticos, en los que el precio del alquiler ha subido tanto que el Gobierno ha considerado necesario intervenir.Hasta la fecha, la declaración de zonas tensionadas solo se ha producido en una región, Cataluña, mientras que los Gobiernos de la mayoría de comunidades se niegan de forma rotunda a poner esta medida en marcha.
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A $10 BILLION REAL-ESTATE FUND IS BLEEDING CASH AND RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS (WSJ)A giant commercial real-estate fund is scrambling to escape a looming cash crunch caused by the long line of investors who want their money back.The $10 billion fund from Starwood Capital Group..../....
SaludOs leo, un placer, como siemprePero estoy muy entretenido con la la vuelta (y fuga) de DFV en la saga GameStopTan surrealista como la realidad que vivimos de pisitos, huellas de carbono y guerra de bloques... pero mucho más divertidoPor cierto, esto se ha comentado ?https://x.com/i/bookmarks?post_id=1792613100186661269CitarA $10 BILLION REAL-ESTATE FUND IS BLEEDING CASH AND RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS (WSJ)A giant commercial real-estate fund is scrambling to escape a looming cash crunch caused by the long line of investors who want their money back.The $10 billion fund from Starwood Capital Group..../....Ya no sé si 10mil millones de dólares son muchos o poco o nada
A giant commercial real-estate fund is scrambling to escape a looming cash crunch caused by the long line of investors who want their money back.
Krugman Says He’s ‘Fanatically Confused’ on Where Rates Are GoingNobel laureate says anyone expressing confidence is delusionalKrugman says rates could return to 2019 base, or settle higherNobel laureate in economics Paul Krugman said it’s entirely unclear where interest-rate levels are headed over the medium term, with arguments in favor of both a return to pre-pandemic levels and a higher-for-longer outcome.“On interest rates I am fanatically confused,” Krugman said Tuesday on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin, with regard to whether borrowing costs will remain above pre-Covid levels. “Anyone who claims to know for sure what the answer is to that, is deluding themselves.”Ten-year US Treasury yields are currently about 4.4%, compared with below 2% on the eve of the pandemic. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office earlier this year projected those rates at roughly 4% over the coming decade.Krugman, now at the City University of New York, said it’s possible that a number of dynamics have “changed the picture” compared with pre-Covid. He cited substantially increased immigration, along with Biden administration industrial policy, “which is inducing a lot of manufacturing investment.”Businesses potentially may also be stepping up capital spending thanks to new technologies, including artificial intelligence, Krugman said.‘Either Case’Even so, “maybe actually 2019 is still what should be our benchmark, and we’re going to go back to very low interest rates,” he said.Federal Reserve policymakers, for their part, have slightly increased their median forecast of their benchmark interest rate over the long run to 2.6% as of March. Other economists have said it’s more likely at least 4% due to changes in the economy and fiscal trajectory.Adjusted for inflation, that rate — known as R-Star — is seen by Fed officials at 0.6% over the long run.“Has R-Star actually gone up” or “is this just kind of a transitory phase?” Krugman said. “I could make either case.”Entitlement ProgramsKrugman also played down worries about the level of federal debt, which the CBO sees as reaching unprecedented levels in coming years.“What’s the historical record of countries — that borrow in their own currency — experiencing that kind of debt crisis, a strike by lenders, something like that?” Krugman said. “There’s almost no examples of that,” with the potential exception of France in 1926, he said. He noted that Japan has had “huge debt for decades now. Huge, persistent deficits. Still no crisis.”At the same time, he said “we do have a problem” with regard to federal entitlement programs. “If you consistently spend lots more money than you take in, that can’t go on forever.”“To cope with that at some point, you either have to start raising more revenue or you have to start cutting benefits to seniors,” Krugman said. “And we don’t seem to be politically able to do either of those things.”
EU trade deficit with China shrinks to lowest level since 2021Weak domestic demand and US tariffs on China provide boost to Europe’s transatlantic exportsThe EU’s trade deficit in goods with China has shrunk to its lowest quarterly level for almost three years, despite fears about the bloc being flooded with cheap Chinese products. There are also signs of growing transatlantic demand for European products, after the EU’s trade surplus with the US rose to a record high in the first quarter, according to data published by Eurostat on Tuesday.Economists said the improvement in Europe’s balance of trade reflected the region’s weak domestic demand and a reversal of the post-pandemic shift in consumer spending from services to goods. Andrew Kenningham at Capital Economics said much of the shift was “explained by the strength of US domestic demand and weakness of EU demand”. In the three months to March, the EU’s trade deficit with China fell to €62.5bn, down 10 per cent from the previous quarter and 18 per cent from a year ago. That is its lowest level since the second quarter of 2021, after it peaked at €107.3bn in the third quarter of 2022.Europe’s trade with China has surged to the top of the political agenda on fears that Beijing is heavily subsidising its manufacturing in an attempt to win a dominant share of global markets in strategic areas such as electric vehicles, green energy and semiconductors.US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday called for the EU to follow the US lead in putting extra tariffs on Chinese cleantech exports, warning that a glut of cheap Chinese goods could threaten the survival of factories across the world.EU imports of electric vehicles from China, including from non-Chinese manufacturers with plants there, increased from $1.6bn in 2020 to $11.5bn in 2023. The market share of Chinese brands in the sector rose more than fourfold in that time to 8 per cent last year.Brussels has opened investigations into allegedly unfair subsidies of Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles. However, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc would not impose the same levies on Chinese goods that the US introduced last week, adding that the EU would take a different approach to Washington’s “blanket tariffs”.Belying fears about a surge of cheap imports, almost half of the recent reduction in the EU’s trade deficit with China stems from an improvement in the bloc’s balance of trade in machinery and transport equipment — which includes electric vehicles. EU imports of Chinese machinery and transport equipment have fallen for six consecutive quarters, dropping by a quarter in that period, while EU exports to China in this area have been relatively stable.Column chart of EU quarterly trade deficit with China in machinery and transport equipment (€bn) showing Few signs Europe is being flooded by cheap Chinese vehiclesMelanie Debono at Pantheon Macroeconomics said the drop in Chinese exports to the EU in this area reflected “a reversal of a 2021 surge” triggered by the pandemic and they have been rising since hitting almost a three-year low in January.European exporters also appear to have been given a boost by the US putting tariffs on many Chinese imports and offering subsidies to manufacturers of green energy projects.The EU’s trade surplus with the US rose to a new record high of €43.6bn in the first quarter, up 27 per cent from a year earlier. EU exports to the US have risen almost 4 per cent in that time, while imports from the US have fallen over 5 per cent. “The US shutting China out already will undoubtedly benefit the EU, as long as the US remains open to European imports,” said Sander Tordoir at the Centre for European Reform think-tank. “The EU is ahead of the US on green tech manufacturing and exports.”He added that European carmakers had been helped by the extension of tax breaks under the US Inflation Reduction Act to imported electric vehicles if they are bought by businesses that lease them out.