Real Estate: Unsettled and Skeptical Real Estate Managers Look Forward

Handelsblatt

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The mood in the real estate industry continues to deteriorate. This is shown by the sentiment index, which is available in advance to the Handelsblatt. Above all, a segment "is located in the intensive care unit".

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Sentiment in the German real estate sector deteriorated significantly in the second quarter of 2026. This is according to the Handelsblatt (Friday edition), citing the latest summer survey of the real estate sentiment index conducted by the German Economic Institute (IW) and the industry association ZIA. The assessment of the current business situation fell by 6.7 points to 7.9, while expectations plummeted by 27.8 points to minus 11.4. Overall,…