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  German jobless total falls again
28 June 2007
BBC Online


German unemployment fell faster than expected last month in another boost for Europe's largest economy.
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Investors in Berlin property blitz
15 June 2007
BBC Online


On a street in south-west Berlin, a beautiful red-brick building stands out from the fairly bland apartment buildings that surround it.
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German investor sentiment rises in May
22 May 2007
RTE Business


Sentiment among German investors about the outlook for Europe's largest economy improved in May, the latest survey by the ZEW economic research institute showed today.
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Germany in solid economic growth
15 May 2007
BBC Online


The eurozone saw solid growth in the first three months of 2007, beating expectations, official figures show.
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German mood bright as VAT fears melt
27 March 2007
RTE Business


A survey has shown that German business morale unexpectedly rose in March as the impact of a new year rise in value-added tax appeared to fade, reinforcing expectations the European Central Bank would raise interest rates further. . ...read the full article

Strong 2006 finish for German economy
13 February 2007
RTE Business

Official figures show that the German economy grew by 0.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 0.8% in the preceding three months.

The unexpectedly strong performance in the last three months of 2006 meant that growth for the whole of last year was revised upwards to 2.7% from a previous estimate of 2.5%, the federal statistics office Destatis said in a statement....read the full article


Berlin's Real Estate Bargains Draw Investors From U.S., Europe
10 February 2007
Bloomberg

A total of 6.33 billion euros was spent on Berlin properties in the first nine months of 2006, up from 2.95 billion euros a year earlier. By year end it may reach a record of over 10.8 billion euros. ....read the full article

Extraordinary fall in German jobless.
10 February 2007
Financial Times


Unemployment in Germany recorded another steep monthly drop in December, underscoring the robustness of the year-old rebound under way in Europe's largest economy.

Seasonally adjusted figures released by the Federal Labour Agency on Wednesday put the number of jobseekers in Germany at 4.1m, down 108,000 on the month, a far bigger drop than economists had anticipated after a 86,000 fall in November. ....read the full article

Investors bet on German commercial property boom
10 February 2007
Financial Times


Investment in German commercial property is at a record high, boosted by the flood of foreign investors who are betting that the recovery in Europe's largest economy will at last trigger rising demand for offices and shops.

The volume of German commercial property transactions more than doubled to €45bn ($59.8bn) last year from 2005, according to figures by Jones Lang LaSalle, the property consultant and investor. ....read the full article

Boom Time for Revamped German Economy
3 January 2007
Spiegel Online


The German economy, written off in the last five years as fat, lazy and condemned to long-term decline, is bouncing back thanks to corporate cost-cutting, surging demand for its cars and machinery and the reforms of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who declared in June that Germany was a "basket case" in need of a radical restructuring, must be eating her words. ....read the full article


German business confidence soars
19 December 2006
BBC News


German businesses are more confident about their prospects than at any time since 1991, research has suggested, as the economy continues to strengthen.

According to the Ifo Institute, optimism among German businesses is at its strongest since unification. ...
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Berlin — the next property hotspot
17 December 2006
Merryn Somerset-Webb, The Sunday Times - Money section


I spent last week in Berlin. Now I think I might like to move there full-time. The city is packed full of good restaurants and bars, fantastic modern architecture and every kind of shop you could possibly want (including more than 50 Christmas markets this month). ...read the full article

German jobless at four-year low
30 November 2006
BBC News


German unemployment improved in November, with the number of jobless people dropping below four million for the first time in four years.

According to the Federal Labour Agency, the number out of work dropped by 89,000 to 3.995 million. That pushed the unemployment rate down to 9.6%. ...read the full article


Property prices in Germany rise by 3% and Berlin 7.8%
27 August 2006
Sunday Business Post, Vincent Landon


Mirroring the embryonic boom in the German economy, there has also been some movement in the long-stagnant property market in the past 18 months. Across Germany, the price of one-family houses went up almost 3 per cent last year, according to Hamburg-based Gewos property consultants and the Berlin-based IFS Institute for urban planning and development. ...read the full article

Foreign investors home in on Berlin property
10 June 2006
Financial Times


According to The Financial Times, real estate agents, lawyers, and tax advisers across the German capital are reporting a sharp increase in interest from Irish, Scandinavian, British and Spanish buyers. Engel & Völkers the city's largest real estate broker reported that 80 per cent of its deals are now with foreign buyers. ...read the full article

German Property Experts Gather in Dublin for Berlin Real Estate Seminar
8 June 2006
Germanpropertynews.com


The German Property Centre, a specialist investment property services company, held a seminar in Dublin this week for investors considering investing in the German property market. The focus of the seminar was the Berlin property market which according to the speakers is now starting to see a turnaround in transaction volumes and valuations in the past year. ...read the full article

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