Sweden — Byggvesta appoints Jenny Jonsson as new CEO and strenghtens the management group with further hires.

Norway — Anders Solaas has been appointed as CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Realkapital in Norway. He joins from Entra ASA, where he has had a leading role as Head of Leasing and property development.

Norway — Cushman & Wakefield Realkapital AS appoints Lisa F. Wold as Head of Capital Markets in Norway.

Nordic — Håvard Bjorå has been appointed to a newly created role as Head of Nordic Research at Cushman & Wakefield. In the new role Håvard’s responsibility is to build the platform for Nordic Research and to develop concerted analytics across the region.

Sweden — Jens Linderstam has been appointed Head of Retail Services at Cushman & Wakefield in Sweden. Jens Linderstam will be responsible for building the business unit and will be part of the Swedish management team.

Sweden — The Swedish transaction market got off to a good start in 2016 and the transaction volume for the first quarter amounted to SEK 28.5 billion (€3.1M), which is more than SEK 5 billion (€540M) higher than the same period in 2015. It is also the second highest deal volume recorded during a first quarter in the last ten years.

Nordic — Cushman & Wakefield has chosen Affiliates in Denmark, Norway and Finland. The guiding principle in the selection has been Cushman & Wakefield's stated vision to lead the real estate industry with the best talent, the best clients and the best results.

Sweden — Agneta Jacobsson has been appointed Swedish CEO and responsible for the Nordics for the new Cushman & Wakefield, which has now merged with DTZ. Anders Nordvall is Head of Capital Markets.

Sweden — Real estate remains attractive and many markets are hot, some showing signs of overheating, according to the 41st edition of DTZ’s flagship report Money into Property.

Sweden — After an average first quarter with a transaction volume of just over €2,38 billion the activity accelerated in the second quarter which ended at nearly €4,44 billion. This gives a six-month volume 2015 of just over €6,8 billion, which is significantly higher than the average H1 volume over the last ten years, which is €5,85 billion. Yet the H1 2015 volume is not as high at the 1H volume last year which was nearly €7,15 billion.

Sweden — State-owned group Swedavia has sold 20 airport properties to a joint venture company owned equally by occupational pensions specialist Alecta and Swedavia.

Sweden — Sweden is Europe's second most liquid property market, according to DTZ, who measures the liquidity in volume of transactions per year related to the market's total property portfolio. Finland is on the third place.

Sweden — DTZ strengthens the Swedish Capital Markets transaction team further by recruiting Victor Anderkvist, Sara Vesterlund and Magnus Petersson. They all come from Pangea.