IMMOFINANZ with strong operating development in the first quarter of 2018 – cost savings take effect
Results of operations double to EUR 35.5 million
Results of operations double to EUR 35.5 million
IMMOFINANZ generated net profit of EUR 101.7 million from continuing operations, i.e. excluding Russia, in Q1 2017 (Q1 2016: EUR -139.3 million). Rental income totalled EUR 57.1 million for the reporting period, compared with EUR 58.2 million in Q1 2016. The slight decline of 1.9% resulted primarily from portfolio adjustments involving the retail sector in Austria. After an adjustment for new acquisitions, completions and sales (like-for-like), rental income rose by 3.7% to EUR 49.7 million in the starting quarter of 2017. Results of operations equalled EUR 17.8 million (Q1 2016: EUR 57.2 million). Financial results improved substantially to EUR 93.0 million (Q1 2016: EUR -37.3 million), above all due to positive valuation effects from the investments in CA Immo and BUWOG.
Falling yields across all property sectors and a moderate increase in rental values provides further evidence of growing momentum in European commercial property markets. The findings from CBRE’s Q3 2013 survey of prime rents and yields backs up the picture of recovering investment markets across the region, which have benefitted from increased capital targeting the sector and improved investor sentiment.
Hong Kong is by far the world’s most expensive city for global retailers, but prime rents in New York, London, Tokyo and Zurich are on the rise, according to new research from global property advisor CBRE Group, Inc.