Germany has attracted substantial real estate investments from abroad within the last years. Furthermore, German investors have also invested again a higher percentage of their capital earmarked for real estate at home. Therefore it has to be examined whether the German real estate returns have...

Real estate investments have become international. Therefore also the returns have to be judged in an international comparative context. The question arises whether the returns of the German real estate market have justified the investments by domestic and foreign investors? The answer is: Yes...

In this study, we are the first to analyze the illiquidity premia and their effect on the expected returns of German real estate securities. We show that illiquidity plays an important role in expected returns for real estate stocks and investment trusts (REITs), but have less clear effects on...