The question arises again and again whether the real estate market in this country threatens to overheat - and investors should therefore keep their hands off it.
For insurance companies in Germany, the answer is clear: According to a new survey, industry representatives have not seen any danger so far and have been increasing their real estate quota bit by bit for almost ten years.
Jan Hauser
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Nevertheless, their investment behavior is also changing. The new, most popular investment target is residential real estate, which has overtaken logistics space as the previous front runner. A few places behind are now offices that were previously at the very front, as well as retail and hotels. Some changes have resulted from the corona pandemic, which has not caused a slump in the real estate market, but has brought about the trend towards home offices.
Other investors can certainly learn from insurance companies that it is worth taking a closer look at the individual areas of the real estate market. This certainly includes the asset class of a possible investment, but almost more so the location and its perspective. Insurance companies invest their capital primarily in good to very good locations in metropolitan areas. It should be worthwhile to keep an eye on this frame and pull out the calculator. In this way, there will certainly still be attractive investments on the office market.