Debt threat to German real estate

Will the long-awaited recovery in the German real estate market be stopped in its tracks by turmoil in the debt markets? Louise Bowman reports.

 GERMANY ARRIVED VERY late to the European commercial real estate party. In fact, no sooner had it walked through the door and taken its coat off than the music stopped. And while revellers such as the UK and Spain are now slowly opening one eye to greet their long and painful hangovers, Germany is looking pretty fresh faced by comparison.

Long the laggard in Europe, the German property market spent the past few years slowly beginning to catch up.

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