Covers all relevant regulatory, economic and financial issues a foreign investor should understand before investing in German real estate

Written by experts on the German property market, either as professional investors or as academic and/or professional advisors

Includes hot-topics of rental laws, demographic change, and M&A

Macro Environment: Real Estate Data Sources in Germany.- Size and Impact of Real Estate Sector and Its Role for Business Cycles and Growth.- Demographic Outlook and the Implications for Real Estate Markets.- Germany's Regional Structure.- The German City System.- The Micro-Cosmos of German Cities.- Sustainable Buildings.- Judical Framework: Regulations and Laws on Real Estate Agents, Notaries, Cadastres and Rent Increases.- Legal Framework for Real Estate Asset Classes.- Valuation of Real Estate in Germany.- What Germany's Amended Tenancy Laws Do - and What They Don't.- Commercial Leases.- Planning and Building Law.- Tax and Subsidy Framework: Tax Framework for Investing by Asset Classes.- German Taxation of Inbound Real Estate Investments.- Monument Protection and Zoning.- Financing and Investment: Commercial Property Financing.- Going Public and M & A in the German Real Estate Market.- German Open-End Real Estate Funds.- German Closed-End Funds.- REOCs and REITs.- Possible Applications for Derivatives.- Asset Classes: Development of Residential Property.- German Office Markets.- Retail Property Markets.- Hotel Market Germany.- Unternehmensimmobilien - An Asset Class of High Potential.- Ongoing Catch-Up Potential for German Real Estate Returns.- Public Real Estate: Public Real Estate.- PPP and Infrastructure.