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Cologne Office Leasing Market Momentum Loss in Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield reports on leasing activity and market dynamics in Cologne's office sector during the second quarter of 2026.
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Cushman & Wakefield reports on leasing activity and market dynamics in Cologne's office sector during the second quarter of 2026.
Analysis of Hamburg's office leasing market highlighting constraints on take-up driven by insufficient large transaction activity.
Market analysis of Frankfurt office leasing trends, examining occupier decision timelines and sustained demand for high-quality space.
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CBRE publishes quarterly office market data and metrics for Frankfurt, covering supply, demand, leasing activity, and pricing trends in the region's commercial real estate market.
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Analysis of Frankfurt's office leasing market highlighting extended decision-making timelines for tenant space commitments.
Cushman & Wakefield reports €592 million in healthcare property transaction volume in Germany during Q2 2026, with H1 2026 totaling €1.82 billion.
Cushman & Wakefield reports that office leasing activity across Germany's five major markets totaled 651,100 m² in Q2 2026, representing a 14% year-over-year increase, signaling a stabilization phase for the sector.
Cushman & Wakefield reports on Düsseldorf office leasing activity in Q2 2026, showing 61,400 m² transacted, slightly below prior year but 10% above the five-year Q2 average.
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Knight Frank analyzes Munich's office market, examining supply, demand, and pricing trends across historical, current, and forward-looking perspectives.
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Cushman & Wakefield reports Hamburg office market activity in early 2026, with first-quarter leasing volume exceeding 100,000 m² but declining approximately 9% year-over-year.
Capital Economics analysis of Q1 RICS survey sentiment across European commercial property markets, highlighting weakness in France and Germany alongside regional performance in Spain, Portugal, and Poland.
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CBRE's quarterly report on the German residential market covering Q1 2026 conditions and trends.
CBRE market analysis covering German real estate investment activity and trends for the first quarter of 2026.
Quarterly market analysis of Hamburg's office real estate sector covering first-quarter 2026 performance metrics and trends.
Quarterly market analysis of Munich's office sector covering leasing activity, vacancy rates, and rental trends in the first quarter of 2026.
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CBRE quarterly performance and metrics for the Frankfurt office market in the first quarter of 2026.
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CBRE market analysis of Berlin's residential housing sector and transaction activity.
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CBRE analysis of logistics market performance and trends in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main region for Q4 2025.
CBRE analysis of the Munich logistics market for Q4 2025, covering supply, demand, pricing, and investment trends in the region.
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CBRE analysis examining the energy efficiency status and future perspectives of Germany's residential housing stock.
This document provides a comprehensive overview of European residential markets across 16 countries as of Q3 2025, presenting data on prime yields, apartment rents, and apartment prices for over 50 cities. The report shows that five-year actual paid rent growth rates vary significantly by country, ranging from 1.5% in Ireland to 12.3% in Finland, while market rents have grown between 1.6% in Germany and 10.0% in Norway over the same period.
Berlin's office market recorded 146,000 square meters of take-up in Q1 2026, a 42% year-on-year increase representing the highest growth among top German office markets, driven by six large lease agreements of 5,000 square meters or more compared to only one in the prior-year period. Prime rents stood at €47 per square meter with a 9.1% vacancy rate, while ICT firms and industrial headquarters collectively accounted for nearly half of total market activity, with major tenants including Strabag, 50Hertz, Wolt, Snowflake, and Doctolib.
Cushman & Wakefield reports that Hamburg's office leasing market recorded 100,400 sq m of take-up in Q1 2026, approximately 9 percent below the prior year, while the number of transactions increased 40 percent year-on-year to 140 deals, reflecting highly fragmented demand dominated by small and medium-sized units. Prime rent remained stable at €37.00 per sq m, the weighted average rent declined marginally to €21.85 per sq m, and the vacancy rate rose to 6.6 percent by quarter-end.
BNP Paribas Real Estate provides quarterly market reports analyzing the Berlin commercial real estate investment market, with recent data showing transaction volumes ranging from approximately €420 million in Q1 2026 to €3.55 billion in 2024. The reports track investment activity across Berlin's property sector and position the city as a leading German investment location, while noting market conditions shifted from strong performance in 2021-2022 to more challenging environments in 2023-2024 before recovery in 2025-2026.
Germany's commercial real estate investment market recorded €8.9 billion in transaction volume during Q1 2026, a 12 percent increase year-over-year, driven primarily by single-asset deals outside the seven major metropolitan areas while yields remained stable despite rising government bond yields compressing risk premiums. The document attributes this modest positive momentum to improved economic conditions compared to 2022, broader investor participation across asset classes (led by Living at 28 percent of volume), and ongoing deal completion from transactions initiated in 2025, though geopolitical tensions and rising financing costs have created cautious sentiment among some market participants.
Munich's office market achieved approximately 581,000 square meters of take-up in 2025, representing a slight 4% decline from 2024's 606,000 square meters, though the final quarter registered 173,000 square meters, the strongest quarterly result since Q3 2022. Demand distributed evenly across all size segments with Centre Fringe East and City Centre as leading zones, while premium office rents reached €58.00 per square meter amid a low 3.4% vacancy rate in the city center.
Munich's investment market achieved €2.56 billion in transaction volume during 2025, with 44% or €1.1 billion concentrated in the fourth quarter, driven largely by two major Signa property sales (Oberpollinger and Corbinian); small and medium-sized deals under €100 million increased 15% compared to 2024 and reached €1.4 billion. Prime yields shifted modestly, with logistics assets rising 25 basis points to 4.50%, while retail high street and office sectors remained flat at 3.45% and 4.20% respectively.
Berlin's office market recorded 486,000 square meters of total transaction volume in Q4 2025, down 16 percent year-over-year, with large contracts above 5,000 square meters declining 71 percent while smaller deals up to 5,000 square meters increased 17 percent. Vacancy rose to 1.93 million square meters (8.9 percent vacancy rate) over the 12-month period, prime rents increased 4 percent to 47 euros per square meter, and top-performing submarkets were Mitte, Charlottenburg/Tiergarten, and Kreuzberg/Neukölln, with the market dominated by smaller, premium-quality spaces in city-center locations.
The Munich logistics market recorded take-up of 266,000 square meters in 2025, representing a 26% increase compared to 2024 and approaching the ten-year average. Prime rents increased 7% year-on-year to €11.25 per square meter, while average rents rose 10% to €9.90 per square meter, with significant demand distributed across multiple size categories and sectors.
Munich's office market showed strong third-quarter 2025 performance with space take-up of approximately 140,800 square meters, up 15 percent from the prior quarter, though year-to-date take-up of 401,600 square meters was 9 percent below the same 2024 period. Prime rents reached €55.00 per square meter (up 5.8 percent year-over-year) while the vacancy rate declined slightly to 8.1 percent, with demand for high-quality central locations remaining robust despite rental prices approaching €70.00 per square meter at maximum levels.
Portugal's commercial real estate investment market recorded €1.23 billion in total volume during the first half of 2025, representing a 69% increase compared to H1 2024, with retail emerging as the leading sector at €616 million followed by hospitality at €330 million. Cross-border capital dominated activity at 76% of Q2 2025 investment volume, with investors from Spain, France, and the United Kingdom remaining active, while capital from Germany and the United States has been absent from recent transactions due to broader macroeconomic pressures.
Berlin's real estate investment market recorded €986 million in transaction volume during Q1 2025, representing a 116% increase compared to Q1 2024, with the market regaining its top position nationally from Munich; the surge was driven largely by the €400 million-plus sale of the Upper West to the Schoeller Group family office, supplemented by increased activity in medium-sized transactions. Net prime yields remained stable at 4.25% for office and logistics properties and 3.70% for premium retail, with office properties dominating 67.5% of investment volume and central locations accounting for 78.8% of transactions.
Frankfurt's office market recorded 194,600 square meters of take-up in Q1 2025, exceeding the five-year average by 124% and the ten-year average by 92%, driven primarily by two major financial institution lettings totaling 105,000 square meters. The vacancy rate rose to 10.8% (1.3 million square meters) despite record take-up, prime rent increased to €50.00 per square meter per month, and Cushman & Wakefield forecasts full-year 2025 take-up of around 400,000 square meters with prime rent expected to reach €52.00 per square meter per month by year-end.
Frankfurt's investment market achieved a transaction volume of just over €1.6 billion in 2024, representing a 36% increase from 2023 despite falling 73% short of the long-term average of €6 billion, with office properties dominating at 62.1% of market share and generating approximately €1.0 billion in investment. Net prime yields stabilized at 4.50% for office, 3.75% for retail, and 4.25% for logistics properties, while Subcentres and the City Centre accounted for approximately 61% and 30.5% of investment activity respectively, with deals in the over €50 million segment rising to 62% of the market.
Cologne's warehouse and logistics market recorded take-up of 82,000 sqm in Q1 2026, representing a 156% increase year-over-year and 30% above the ten-year average, driven largely by major contracts including a 35,000 sqm lease by logistics provider Goodcang in Bergheim. Prime rent for modern logistics properties stood at €8.20/sqm with a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, while average rent reached €6.70/sqm (+6.3%), with both rental levels expected to remain stable through the year despite underlying economic and geopolitical headwinds.
Colliers' Q1 2026 City Survey covers the Düsseldorf office and German industrial/logistics letting markets, reporting that office take-up across Germany's top seven markets totaled 613,500 sqm (down 14% year-over-year) with mixed performance by city, while the industrial and logistics sector recorded 1.5 million sqm of take-up (up 19% year-over-year) driven by increased large deals and growing Asian user presence. The office market faced weakness in the mid-sized segment and rising vacancy rates to 8.7%, while premium rents remained stable to rising; industrial and logistics markets saw 4% average rent growth and improved sentiment particularly in the big box sector.
Düsseldorf's logistics market recorded take-up of 66,000 square meters in Q1 2026, representing 10% above the ten-year average despite a 35% decline from the exceptionally high Q1 2025 result. Prime rents for space of 5,000 square meters or more stabilized at €8.70 per square meter, while average rents remained unchanged at €7.00 per square meter, with approximately 20 lease deals registered—the highest number since 2021.
Cologne's office market recorded 45,000 sqm of take-up in Q1 2026, representing a 33% year-on-year decline and 24% below the long-term average, amid a challenging macroeconomic environment characterized by subdued activity and fragmented contract structure. Prime rent remained stable at €33.50 per sqm while average rent increased 3.9% year-on-year to €21.40 per sqm, with total vacant space rising to 515,000 sqm at a 6.5% vacancy rate, though modern vacancy declined to 115,000 sqm with a high pre-letting rate of 73% on 190,000 sqm of space under construction.
The Cologne commercial real estate investment market recorded €256 million in transaction volume during Q1 2026, representing a 194.9% increase year-over-year, with office properties dominating at 79.3% of total investment and the City Centre accounting for 52.4% of activity. Net prime yields remained stable for office assets at 4.40%, while retail high-street properties increased to 4.00% (+10 basis points) and logistics rose to 4.50% (+25 basis points) compared to Q1 2025.
Düsseldorf's retail market is projected to reach €8.3 billion in sales in 2025, with retail growth expected to average 3.8% annually through 2029, supported by a population of 658,200 city residents and 2.9 million in the metropolitan area, along with 3.3 million annual tourists and average household disposable income of €70,100. Prime rents on Königsallee, the city's premier retail address, stood at €3,360 per square metre per year as of Q3 2025, positioning Düsseldorf as Germany's second-largest retail market by sales per capita at €13,340.