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.
. ...read
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. ... read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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