Strongest start to the year since 2022
The Frankfurt investment market has started 2026 with a solid result. By the end of the first quarter, the transaction volume of the banking metropolis had totalled €354 million. Although market activity is still far below the years before the interest rate turnaround (volume Q1 2026: -61% below 10-year average), the current result represents by far the highest Q1 volume since 2022. Accordingly, the prior-year quarter was exceeded by almost 120%. In a nationwide comparison, Frankfurt ranks third behind Munich and Berlin.
The sale of the two properties Fifty Avon and Overture contributed in particular to this increase, as this means that, unlike in the previous year, larger office properties also contributed to the take-up. In addition, the number of registered transactions, with 15 deals, was also above the level of the three previous years, in which only a single-digit number of disposals was recorded.
Net prime yields moved sideways at the beginning of the year. For top office properties in prime locations and the logistics segment, the unchanged 4.50% is to be applied in each case. Inner-city retail high street buildings remain unchanged at 3.75% in the premium segment.