{
  "id": 7925946,
  "title": "Real Estate: Large Investors Fear One Development Above All Else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/immobilien-gro-e-investoren-furchten-vor-allem-eine-entwicklung",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T02:01:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/immobilien/immobilien-grosse-investoren-fuerchten-vor-allem-eine-entwicklung/100253659.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The German real estate investment market remains under pressure, with few large deals and a slow recovery. High interest rates, increased financing costs, and complicated price finding are hindering market development. According to Sebastiano Ferrante, European head of PGIM Real Estate, the second-largest real estate investor globally, there will be no significant recovery in 2027. He expects interest rates to remain high, making capital more expensive and refinancing more difficult.",
  "summary": "The hoped-for significant turnaround in the real estate transaction market did not materialize. The global number two in the market reveals how the trend will develop in 2027.",
  "key_points": [
    "German real estate investors worry about market weakness in 2025 and the current year.",
    "High interest rates, rising financing costs, and complex pricing hinder market development."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}