Sweden — Storsala has big plans to grow and the market is right for making favorable acquisitions. And the company is now doing it for the second time this year. And there will be more, CEO Orlando Villacrez tells Nordic Property News.

Sweden — Last week, the new property company Athena Fastigheter was launched, which focuses on both rental properties and nursing homes. Co-founder and CEO, Kjell Stenudd, tells Nordic Property News about the plans for the company.

Nordic — Arbireo Capital is an independent investment company which operates above all on the German real estate market. They have now taken their first and probably not last step into the Nordic market. Christoph Flügel, Board Member of Arbireo Capital, says that within one year we will probably see more transactions.

Nordic — After a weaker April, most of the listed Nordic real estate companies managed to reverse the trend and ended up in the green during May. Here, Nordic Property News presents the winners and losers on the stock market during the fifth month of the year.

Sweden — P-G Persson is back with the new Gothenburg-based real estate company Safjället Fastigheter, which he starts together with Backahill, Bygg-Göta, Lesley Invest and Bevaclean. He told Nordic Property News about the structure of the company and the constellation of owners behind it, where and what type of properties they want to acquire, and about the long-term goals for the company.

Sweden — The first signs of the merger of Aros Bostad and Besqab into a single company are starting to show. At Thursday's presentation of the quarterly report, CEO Magnus Andersson offered both market analysis and their strategy to become a leading housing developer in Stockholm and Uppsala.

Nordic — Ivar Tollefsen, Chairman of Heimstaden AB and Fredensborg AS, and Christian Fladeland, Co-CEO of Heimstaden AB, were guests during the advisor Colliers' latest Nordic real estate webinar on Tuesday. There, they hit back against what they feel are incorrect descriptions of Heimstaden and Heimstaden Bostad in the media and also explained the group's most important strategies going forward.

Sweden — Aktiesparna's analyst Robert Andersson lays out what SBB's latest JV means for the company's pressured liquidity – and how the imminent dividend of over SEK two billion goes against the company's endeavor to improve its balance sheet, but must still be carried out.

Nordic — Property prices have bottomed, Patrik Kallenvret, Managing Director of Capital Markets, Nordics at CBRE is certain about. But whether the market has really turned around remains to be seen. When Nordic Property News meets him at the head office in Stockholm to talk about logistics, offices and the financial market, it is clear that a trend is even affecting the company itself. “If you try to hit bottom, you never do.”

Nordic — Inflation continues to fall in the Nordic countries, financing opportunities have improved significantly for real estate companies and the transaction market has increased by 14 percent in volume so far this year compared to the corresponding period in 2023. Colliers sees a number of different factors that point to a slowly recovering real estate market and predicts that the will really take off in 2025. Nordic CEO Bård Bjølgerud and Head of research John Petersson tell us more about the current situation and forecast the future.

Sweden — The property companies' earning capacity may be challenged in the future as a result of higher vacancy rates, which would impair the companies' ability to pay their debts. That's what the Financial Supervisory Authority writes in its latest stability report, which they released on Monday. Nordic Property News explains more about the findings and conclusions in the report.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the highest valued property portfolios among the listed Nordic comanpanies.

Nordic — MSCI's latest data shows that April was a trend-breaker for transaction volumes in Europe, which for the first time in 21 months saw an increase compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. A sign that some confidence is beginning to return to the market according to Tom Leahy, director at MSCI Research. For Nordic Property News he tells more about the positive development – but also flags that the number of forced sales has increased.

Nordic — Which companies actually had the industry's highest management result Q1? Nordic Property News has reviewed the listed companies' reports for the first three months of the year.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the top sellers among the listed Nordic companies in Q1.

Sweden — At the beginning of the week Nordic Property News revealed that Oscar Properties had also been rejected on its second restructuring application, while the bankruptcy hearing that was to be held on Monday was canceled pending supplementary documents. Now Nordic Property News can reveal that the company has appealed the decision from the first restructuring application, and here we can tell you more about what Oscar Engelbert and his attorney's write in the appeal.

Nordic — After a slow start to the transaction year Nordic Property News presents a list of the top buyers among the listed Nordic companies in Q1.

Sweden — Sverker Källgården is back in the limelight as he is announced as new CEO of Nivika. Sverker Källgården tells Nordic Property News why he sees the company as a perfect match for himself, how Nivika will move forward with him as CEO, about having the founder and former CEO Niclas Bergman remain in an operational role in the company and why he thinks the company is well equipped to grow in the current market climate.

Sweden — K-Fastigheter's CEO Jacob Karlsson sees the Gothenburg market as the most important for the company in the coming years. For Nordic Property News he explains why the company wants to focus on the country's second largest city, how to grow and why now is a golden opportunity to sell assets in Denmark.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the current occupancy rates among the listed Nordic real estate companies.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list over the Nordic listed companies with the lowest Interest Coverage Ratios by Q1 2024.

Sweden — On Monday a bankruptcy hearing was held regarding Oscar Properties and the district court informs Nordic Property News that no decision on bankruptcy was made. However, Nordic Property News can reveal that the company's second application for corporate restructuring has been rejected by the district court, on similar grounds as the first application.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how high the loan-to-value ratio the listed companies had by Q1 2024.

Nordic — Tritax Eurobox continues its divestment program and sells another property in Sweden. After selling two of its four Swedish assets within six months, Alina Iorgulescu, Investment Director at Tritax Eurobox, tells Nordic Property News how the company sees the Nordic markets going forward.

Sweden — Darkness and hints of light are what the bank SBAB's Chief Economist Robert Boije sees when he looks out at the residential market in Sweden. But the fact that the Swedish central bank, Riksbanken, has now lowered the interest rate is one of the pieces for positive signs for residential developers.