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Photo of Gifford West, managing director, Alpine Tremont

Guest Columns

Alpine Tremont: A 2026 Agenda for US Credit Exposures for European Bank Boards

Gifford West 12 Feb 2026

European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main

Investment

ECB holds rates, ending any talk of a quick rescue

REFIRE News Team 6 Feb 2026

The Hereditary Grand Duke’s Palace in Karlsruhe, the main building of the Federal Court of Justice

Markets

Supreme Court closes subletting loophole, tilts balance back to landlords

REFIRE News Team 5 Feb 2026

What Fortress’s €500m deal reveals about Germany’s equity-release market

Investment / Markets

What Fortress’s €500m deal reveals about Germany’s equity-release market

REFIRE News Team 5 Feb 2026

Blue-coloured blocks being constructed to form the word "change"

Opinion

German real estate is sorting itself - but it’s a reckoning, not a recovery

Charles Kingston 4 Feb 2026

The inside of a small apartment

Markets

Affordability, not taste, is reshaping German apartment sizes

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Illustration of famous landmarks in Düsseldorf and Cologne

Investment

Rhine neighbours, different rhythms: Düsseldorf and Cologne offices diverge

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Operating room at a medical centre

Investment

Outpatient shift lifts medical centres onto institutional investors’ radar

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Gift wrapped in brown paper

Investment

Administrative muscle, not deal flow, is driving German fund growth

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Folder with the label "real estate financing"

Markets

Credit returns to Germany’s property market — on stricter terms

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Illustration of a person at a crossroads

Markets

Berlin Hyp sees stabilisation in 2026 as refinancing sets the terms

REFIRE News Team 4 Feb 2026

Dr. Joachim Arenth, CEO, JenAcon

Interviews

No assets, no empire, no distractions – Joachim Arenth’s deal-making philosophy

Charles Kingston 4 Feb 2026