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Report | Intelligent Investment
Real Estate Monetisation in Denmark
Amid ongoing volatility in global financial markets and tighter traditional credit conditions, real estate monetisation is emerging as an attractive source of cost-efficient and stable financing. Monetisation programmes enable corporates to release capital tied up in non-core assets.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Nordic Investor Intentions Survey 2026
In the 2026 edition of CBRE’s Nordic Investor Intentions Survey, respondents expressed continued optimism regarding Nordic real estate market.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Norway Real Estate Market Outlook 2026
Our 2026 Norway Outlook highlights the key opportunities, considerations, and areas where value is expected to emerge.
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Niam acquires residential property in Nordhavn from CBRE IM
Denmark — Niam Real Estate has entered into an agreement to acquire a residential property on Marmormolen in Nordhavn from CBRE Investment Management. The acquisition is the second Danish investment by Niam’s Fund IX and will become part of Niam’s new Danish residential platform, Bellavia.
- Nordic Property News
CBRE: "The first half of the year has been a statement of strength"
The first half of 2026 generated an impressive transaction volume of SEK 80 billion on the Swedish property market, an increase of 150 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
- Green Street News
Arctic hotel RevPAR rises to record levels
Supply and demand have increased by almost 50% compared with 2018/19, finds CBRE.
- Green Street News
CBRE Finland names new Finance Director
Tuomas Tyrsky takes over from Elina Saikkonen.
- Green Street News
CBRE Finland hires ESG and Sustainability Director
Iiro Lehtoranta joins from Colliers.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Real Estate Monetisation in Denmark
Amid ongoing volatility in global financial markets and tighter traditional credit conditions, real estate monetisation is emerging as an attractive source of cost-efficient and stable financing. Monetisation programmes enable corporates to release capital tied up in non-core assets.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Nordic Investor Intentions Survey 2026
In the 2026 edition of CBRE’s Nordic Investor Intentions Survey, respondents expressed continued optimism regarding Nordic real estate market.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Norway Real Estate Market Outlook 2026
Our 2026 Norway Outlook highlights the key opportunities, considerations, and areas where value is expected to emerge.
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Latest Market Figures
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While continental Europe sweltered through record heatwaves, the Nordics offered something increasingly rare: cool air, long days, and predictable travel.
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Prime office rents in Stockholm's CBD held steady at SEK 9,500 per sq m, with top rents at SEK12,000 per sq m.
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Total transaction volume for I&L assets reached NOK 6.6 billion in the first half of 2026, up 25% year-over-year.
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Office sqm signed in Oslo reached 177,670 square meters in Q2 2026, up 18% year-on-year, signaling resilient occupier demand despite a cautious investment climate. The prime rent in Oslo holds at NOK 6,700 per square meter annually, while average rents edged down to NOK 3,100, a 0.6% decline year-on-year, reflecting softer conditions outside core submarkets. Vacancy drifted further to 7.5%, up 134 basis points year-on-year.
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The residential transaction volume totalled SEK 22.5 billion in Q2 2026, an increase of 57% year on year.
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The Swedish transaction volume in Q2 2026 amounted to approximately SEK 80 billion,representing a 150% increase compared to Q2 2025.
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Retail investment volume reached SEK 12.2 billion in Q2 2026, almost four times the level recorded in Q2 2025.
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The Swedish logistics sector recorded transaction volume of approximately SEK 19.5 billion in Q2 2026, more than doubling year on year.
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The Danish Industrial & Logistics sector experienced a sharp slowdown in transaction activity during the first half of 2026.
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The recovery of the office investment market continued in Q2 2026, with transaction volume reaching DKK 3.4 billion in the first half of the year.
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Residential real estate remained resilient despite a challenging first half of the year.
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Investment activity in the Danish real estate market totalled DKK 31.3 bn in H1 2026, a decline of 14% year-on-year.
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Residential investment volume totalled approximately €90 million in Q2 2026 after the record first quarter* and accounted for 10% of total investment.
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The industrial and logistics sector recorded €199 million of investment in Q2 2026, representing 22% of total investment and increasing 29% y-o-y. First-half volume totalled €803 million, already surpassing the whole of 2025. Cross-border capital accounted for all activity with Swedish-listed players making up most of it. 67% of volume was seen in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA).
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Finland Office Figures Q2 2026
Office investment recorded €122 million in the second quarter of the year.
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Latest Press Releases
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Press Release
Nordic Employers Settle on Three Office Days as Competition for Prime City-Centre Space Intensifies, Finds CBRE
AI is changing what offices are for rather than emptying them. Tech and AI companies are emerging as the fastest-growing office tenants.Three in four (76%) Nordic employers now want their staff in the office at least three days a week, up from 67% a year ago.
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CBRE advises on the sale of a prime Helsinki Airport logistics asset to Deka Immobilien
CBRE acted as the seller’s exclusive commercial advisor on the divestment of a prime logistics asset located in Aviapolis, next to Helsinki Airport.
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Press Release
Advisor to Norwegian in NLTG acquisition
CBRE acted as Norwegian’s adviser in the acquisition of Nordic Leisure Travel Group, delivering commercial, technical, and environmental due diligence of a portfolio comprising of 25 hotels in the NLTG portfolio.
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Press Release
A new window for Real Estate Monetisation: Danish companies could unlock significant capital
The Danish commercial real estate market has entered a new cycle characterised by sustained investor interest across property types. For companies with capital tied up in real estate, current market conditions present a compelling opportunity to unlock that value and reinvest it in their core business. This is one of the key findings in a new report from CBRE, which examines the potential of Real Estate Monetisation in Denmark.
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Press Release
CBRE Finland Appoints Tuomas Tyrsky as Finance Director
CBRE Finland is pleased to announce the appointment of Tuomas Tyrsky as Finance Director, Finland. With his appointment, Tuomas also joins the Senior Management Group.
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CBRE Finland is pleased to announce that Iiro Lehtoranta has joined the company as Director, ESG & Sustainability. This strategic appointment reinforces CBRE's commitment to embedding sustainability across its advisory and leasing services and strengthening its market leadership in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
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Press Release
CBRE Finland Appoints Maarit Pönni as Head of Investor Leasing and Tenant Representation
CBRE Finland is pleased to announce the appointment of Maarit Pönni as Head of Investor Leasing and Tenant Representation. Maarit will assume a permanent leadership role, further strengthening CBRE's integrated leasing platform in Finland.
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Press Release
CBRE has advised Wulff in the S&LB transaction of a Distribution Centre in the Helsinki Airport Area
CBRE Capital Market Finland acted as Wulff Yhtiöt Oyj’s (“Wulff”) exclusive commercial advisor on the sale-and-leaseback transaction of a fully automated high-bay distribution centre to Advenis REIM.
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