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Reasons Behind the Investment Boom in the Logistics Segment

Finland Finland — Jussi Niemistö, Head of Research at CBRE Finland: “There are a lot of players who are eager to deploy more capital into Finnish industrial properties.”

H1 2022: The Nordic Top Sellers

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how much the listed Nordic real estate companies divested in the first six months of 2022.

Blackstone Company Increases Nordic Presence

Nordic — Makes a Nordic acquisition under the radar.

July 2022: The Nordic Top Transactions

Nordic — Nordic Property News lists the largest transactions in the Nordics during the seventh month of 2022.

Austrian Investor Makes Another Nordic Hit

Nordic — Follows up its debut with another residential investment.

The Second Quarter's Vacancy Rates Among the Nordic Giants

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the second quarter’s vacancy rates among the listed Nordic real estate companies.

This Segment Could Be the Next Step for Slättö

Nordic — Slättö's CEO Johan Karlsson tells Nordic Property News about the challenges so far this year, how he sees the market situation and what Slättö's most important focus will be during the second half of the year. Slättö are also interested in taking on a niche segment in the future.

Kineum – a success story for NCC and Platzer

Sweden Sweden — NCC's and Platzer's joint project Kineum was fully leased long before completion. Here is the story behind an unusually successful collaboration, which began over a breakfast over five years ago.

Sonja Horn: "The Rental Market is Very Strong"

Norway Norway — The CEO of Entra tells Nordic Property News how she views the company's performance so far this year and what we can expect from them during the second part of 2022.

These Companies went Shopping the Most During the First Six Months

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the companies that has spent the most money on acquisitions during the first half of 2022.

Major Shareholder Sells Almost Entire Holdings in Listed Company

Sweden Sweden — Trenäs Förvaltning has sold approximately 2.9 million B shares in the property company, whose market value has more than halved so far this year.

July 2022: Nordic Stocks on the Comeback Trail

Nordic — Nordic Property News has the complete list of how the Nordic real estate and construction companies performed on the stock exchange in July.

Bjuggren on His Future Plans: "CEO role definitely attracts now"

Sweden Sweden — Jonas Bjuggren recently left his job as managing director at Akademiska Hus, a position he took up in February 2017. Here are his future plans.

New rules on the right to deduct affect the real estate industry

Nordic — The new interest deduction limitation rules are contrary to EU law and potentially hit real estate players relatively hard.

Outrages against the ground rent: "unethical and unreasonable"

Sweden Sweden — More than 2,000 tenant-owner associations in Stockholm pay a ground rent fee to the city annually. A proposal to reduce the redemption price to 85 percent of the land assessment value is on the Development Board's table. But that proposal is not given much in the association Land Lease Appeal. – Offering a 15 percent discount on a land value that far exceeds what is possible for a tenant-owner association to pay is like "pinking in the sea", says Claes Kjellander, chairman of the association Tomträttsupproret.

He Wants to Open Doors For Foreign-born People

Sweden Sweden — Mohammad Al Balout came to Sweden as a refugee in 2014. Today he has started Balouten, an inclusive rental consultant who wants to be a door opener for foreign-born entrepreneurs.

The industry about the Court of Appeal judgments regarding the development of presumptive rent

Sweden Sweden — Recently, there were two new judgments from the Svea Court of Appeal concerning the development of presumptive rent. These may negatively affect the investment calculations of the developers of rental properties. We have spoken to three actors about their views on the new judges.

She Challenges The Architecture Industry With a New Digital Network

Nordic — Lina Goldén has worked as an architect since 2006. With lessons from the pandemic's digital way of working together with the desire for a fairer industry, the idea of ​​The Grid emerged. This is a long interview with Lina Goldén where she talks about what opportunities she sees in the industry and what she wants to achieve with The Grid.

Where the Swedish Fortifications Agency Sees New Investment Needs

Sweden Sweden — The Swedish Fortifications Agency has increased its property portfolio through a couple of substantial acquisitions. After the three major purchases in Stockholm, Magnus Palm, Property Director at the Swedish Fortifications Agency, tells Nordic Property News about the investments, the impact of the current sitaution in the world, new acquisition opportunities and where expansion they see needs for expansion.

Why it Is Important for SBB to Keep the High Divestment Rate

Nordic — Despite the divestments: SBB's loan-to-value ratio increased in the second quarter. Ilija Batljan, CEO, explains why, and how the strategy work going forward is affected by the increased inflation and interest rates.

BlackRock Sells Off Large Portion of its Shares in Swedish Heavyweight

Sweden Sweden — BlackRock sells one third of its shares in prolific Swedish listed real estate company.

Sagax Makes New Large Company Investment – Reaches 20 Percent

Sweden Sweden — David Mindus' company continues to charge significantly – has increased its ownership by almost six percent during Q2.

Balder Makes New Acquisitions in Hot Segment

Nordic — The Swedish giant expands the portfolio.

The Major Investment Challenges Ahead for Entra

Norway Norway — CEO Sonja Horn: “We haven’t seen the effects of the increased construction costs yet.”

“The Nordic Transaction Market Has Been Surprisingly Strong”

Nordic — Mikael Söderlundh, Head of Research at Pangea Property Partners sums up the first six transaction months in the Nordics.