I was delighted to see the November 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review tackle about the importance of real estate as a second largest asset of almost every company. As they point out it should be viewed not merely as an operating necessity – wich...

In Newsec we measure two important items we believe indicate and predict the success of our business within real estate in the future; Employee Satisfaction and Client Satisfaction. And in this order. High score in employee satisfaction is not only...

A huge amount of commercial property debt will be coming due within the next three to five years. Many of those loans were issued in an environment where both loan-to-value ratios and property values were higher than today. The growth of the economy...

Our clients and we think that it is a mark of quality assurance. We are able to guarantee our clients the highest quality advice and service. Real estate valuation is an extremely important profession within the real estate industry and the...

We expect a strong increase in the Swedish spending power in the years to come. Of the around BSEK 400 increase the lion’s share, 80 per cent, will end up in the ten largest regions and nearly BSEK 160 thereof in the Stockholm region. But, will...

‘What will become of shopping centres? ’ ‘What will happen when customers demand changes? ’ ‘Will e-commerce kill the bricks-and-mortar-huggers? ’ These are some of the questions that were addressed on a recent seminar with focus on the future of...

During the last years, there have been no remarkable property transactions in the Baltic countries. The reasons for low investor confidence have been pretty clear. But are there positive changes to come? The answer is definitely yes. Estonia is...

Newsec have moved to new offices at Aker Brygge, the heart of Oslo CBD. In this office building we are, together with First Newsec Asset Management, Swedbank and SEB part of a commercial property cluster which is somewhat unique in Oslo. This will...

The transaction volume in Norway is so far this year 24 billion NOK. We are optimistic for this year’s remaining months and we expect that the high level of activity will continue. We believe in a transaction volume that may exceed 35 billion NOK...

I started reviewing my options for a job in the real estate industry about a year ago, six months before taking my master’s degree. At that time there were very few jobs to be found on the open market. But during the spring 2010 the situation...

Nowadays it is very popular to say that real estate investors must focus on real estate fundamentals. The maxim “location, location, location” has driven many recently done acquisitions all over the world. However, sound real estate fundamentals...

At the moment properties that can be converted to residential properties are steaming hot in Stockholm. Working with real estate is very dynamic. The facade is the same, but a property that one day was industrial, the next day can be luxury...

When Newsec started to produce a valuation index in the beginning of 2008, the real estate values were at an all-time high. In the summer of 2009, Norwegian properties had lost between 15 and 20 percent of their value as an average. The volatile...

The signs of good times returning are many, I’m sure all have noticed. For us at Newsec this is evident in several ways. In our existing assignments we notice that our clients are again involved in transactions. We are to a larger extent asked to...

Today practically all tendering processes concerning asset management include a demand for quality and environmental certification or the equivalent. Except for ISO standards which have been available on the market for quite some time now, and...