Sweden — Diös delivers a quarterly result that is down slightly compared to the same period last year. At the same time, the company is preparing for new business opportunities going forward. CEO Knut Rost tells Nordic Property News about the future of Diös, the transaction market and green transition.

Nordic — Areim enters into a new joint venture with a focus on Central Europe together with VGP. After the first acquisition through the JV, Erik Vikbladh, CIO and Partner at Areim, tells Nordic Property News about the partnership with VGP and how the logistics markets in your focus countries France, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia differ from the markets in the Nordic countries.

Nordic — After a strong rebound in March, real estate shares on the stock exchange retreated again in April and most companies ended up in the red. Nordic Property News presents a list of the winners and losers on the stock market during the fourth month of the year.

Nordic — MSCI's Chief Analyst Tom Leahy provides an outlook for how transaction volumes may develop, where the competition for the offices is and how international players can now enter the Swedish market.

Sweden — After the first acquisition in half a decade, CEO Johanna Skogestig explains how she sees Vasakronan's portfolio going forward. At the same time, she sees a certain instability in Stockholm's office market and the company now has a vacancy of ten percent in the portfolio.

Finland — Strawberry continues its expansion in Finland. The company is taking over the storied Hotel Katajanokka on Katajanokka in Helsinki – and establishes its Clarion Collection concept in the Finnish market. Chief Development Officer Daniel Stenbäck tells Nordic Property News about the importance of launching the Clarion Collection in Finland, about Helsinki as a hotel city and about the possibility of entering new Finnish cities.

Norway — SBB's spin-off Public Property Invest (PPI) has now been listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with the starting price set at NOK 14.50. The deal is worth a total of NOK 1,750 million and the company will initially get SBB's former CEO Ilija Batljan as CEO. Nordic Property News has spoken to savings economist and investment platform Levler's founder Joakim Bornold about why SBB is carrying out the special listing and what it means for the respective futures of both struggling companies.

Nordic — In the first quarterly report for 2024, K-Fastigheter announced that the company has now adopted a new business plan and laid out a new strategy. In addition, the company has now made a clearer division between undertaking and management. CEO Jacob Karlsson has answered Nordic Property News' questions about the report and the way forward.

Sweden — A boring year. It is CEO Stefan Dahlbo's outlook for the market in 2024 that he shares at the presentation of the first quarter for Fabege. Two large vacancies and long lease negotiations are two of the factors that concern him.

Nordic — Pandox and the hotel market as a whole had a positive development during the first quarter of the year and there is hope for an even stronger lift in the summer when both the Euros in Germany and the Olympics in Paris will contribute to increased activity on the market. Here, Pandox CEO Liia Nõu tells us more about the company's development and future prospects, and industry expert Thomas Emanuel reports on the situation in the European hotel market, which has now, among other things, recovered past the levels that prevailed before the pandemic.

Sweden — The real estate company Neobo continues to reduce its vacancies and increase its occupancy rate. On the other hand, the company reports a significantly lower operating result during the first quarter, compared to the same period the year before. The company's CEO, Ylva Sarby Westman, tells Nordic Property News: "We must work with all lines in the income statement if we are to succeed."

Nordic — Regardless of what happens next, Wihlborgs must be ready, says CEO Ulrika Hallengren at the presentation of the first quarterly report. The company, which this year celebrates 100 years, can also look forward to a record start in 2024, while still keeping its foot lightly on the brake.

Sweden — Corem's CEO Rutger Arnhult sees the net rental of 49 million as the most positive thing about the company's first quarter and sees the turnaround in the bond market as "incredibly positive". At the same time, the vacancy rate has increased further and is now at 14 percent. Here he tells more about the company's path forward and how the company views projects and acquisitions going forward.

Nordic — JM has submitted its interim report for the first quarter of 2024 and a satisfied Johan Skoglund meets the press in this, his very last presentation as president and CEO of the company. Because even though the financing budget has shrunk a little in recent years and revenues at national level have decreased, the company's sales are up by 60 percent compared to the previous year's report. "We plan to start more homes this year than we did in 2023," says Johan Skoglund to Nordic Property News.

Nordic — An updated review by Nordic Property News shows that short selling is decreasing in the largest real estate companies on the stock exchange, where pressured SBB is still the entire stock exchange's second most shorted stock. A residential company under pressure has almost got rid of all its short selling in the first months of the year.

Sweden — Nyfosa’s Founder Jens Engwall has divested a large chunk of his holdings and exits the top ten list of the company’s largest owners.

Nordic — After making its first logistics acquisition in Norway, Niam is committed to further growing its logistics portfolio in the Nordics. Henrik Gerdin, Fund Manager at the company, tells Nordic Property News about which markets Niam wants to grow in, which boxes need to be checked when looking at logistics, how Niam views the competition within the segment and how he sees the logistics markets will develop in the future.

Nordic — Nordic Property News has taken a closer look at who owns most of the capital in the Nordic listed property companies. Here is the full list.

Sweden — Fastpartner's Q1 report shows increased rental income by 4.1 percent and an operating net that increased by 2.3 percent. However, the management profit decreased significantly, by 25.2 percent, and CEO Sven-Olof Johansson is now calling for lower interest rates immediately.

Sweden — Panattoni has started the construction of its first project in Gothenburg. Fredrik Jagersjö Rosell, Managing Director at Panattoni Sweden, tells Nordic Property News about the development in Gothenburg, how to view the Gothenburg market, the growth plans in Sweden, the possibility of taking on more brownfield projects and about the start for Panattoni in Denmark.

Sweden — Carola Lavén is back in the limelight. After leaving Besqab, she is – as of the autumn – ready as the new CEO of Ikano Bostad. She tells Nordic Property News about her new position, how she views the company she is joining and about the exit from Besqab and what she will do with the time until she takes up her new position.

Sweden — The brand new company Muro Invest got off to a flying start during its entry into the market by making a SEK 1.1 billion acquisition from M2 Gruppen in Jönköping. CEO Philip Sjöbring tells Nordic Property News about the company's offensive start and what the ambitions look like going forward.

Sweden — Increases its own share by 13.5 percent and climbs upwards on the list of owners.

Sweden — The recent merger with Aros Bostad means that Besqab now has great readiness to start more housing projects as the market recovers, according to CEO Magnus Andersson.

Sweden — The high-profile trio Bengt Kjell, Lars Thagesson and Oscar Lekander's company Hagabacken has come out of the starting blocks with acquisitions and capital raising. After the successful investment round, Bengt Kjell, working chairman of the board, tells Nordic Property News about the interest in the company, the first acquisitions, what is being looked at for properties in the future and how the company will grow.