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BF.Quartalsbarometer Q1 2023: Sentiment Index for Real Estate Lenders Hits Another All-Time Low

With the trend of previous quarters persisting, sentiment among Germany’s real estate lenders has not brightened during the first quarter of 2023 either: The Barometer score kept deteriorating, from its previous all-time low of -18.21 points of the fourth quarter of 2022 down to now -19.44 points. ...

BF.Quartalsbarometer Q4-2022: Sentiment among Real Estate Lenders Drops to New All-time Low

Sentiment among German real estate lenders has continued to decline during the fourth quarter of 2022: The barometer score dropped from -16.91 points measured during the third quarter down to 18.21 points now. The score marked another all-time low, having already hit a record low the previous quarter. ...

BAI Newsletter August 2022 - Article Manuel Köppel

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BF.Market Radar

BF.Marktradar December 2023

The brisk recent rise in interest rates is having an impact: According to the Association of German Mortgage Credit Banks (vdp), prices for residential real estate declined by 0.7 percent over prior quarter in Q3. This first price drop in twelve years could be a harbinger of worse to come.

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BF.Quarterly Barometer

BF.Quarterly Barometer – what the real estate finance industry is thinking

The BF.Quarterly Barometer is one of the most important indicators of sentiment in the commercial real estate finance sector in Germany. It offers detailed insight into the business climate in the industry. The BF.Quarterly Barometer surveys around 110 experts, most of whom are directly responsible for lending to real estate companies. BF.direkt publishes the index, prepared by bulwiengesa AG, every quarter.

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February
2023

Inventory financing in Berlin

LTC 50 %

February
2023

Property development financing in Bavaria

LTC 73 %

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2023

Inventory financing in Frankfurt

LTV 47%

Each year, BF.direkt arranges a credit volume of EUR 1 billion and therefore accompanies an annual transaction volume of more than EUR 1.5 billion. BF.direkt is familiar with all the elements of financing available on the market – whether debt, equity or mezzanine capital.