Publications

Here you’ll find literature, essays, vdp studies, and informational material about Pfandbriefe and real-estate, public-sector, ship, and aircraft financing. It also includes our extensive vdp publication series, which brings together the knowledge and experience of a variety of Pfandbrief experts, who offer in-depth examinations of such aspects as the mortgage lending value, funding issues, and security rights over real property in Europe.

If available, you can also order our publication series and the PfandBG as print publications. Please send us an e-mail to info@pfandbrief.de.

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12/08/2024

INDEX Q2.2024

Property prices go into sideways movement

vdp index still in decline year on year; for the first time, slight increase again recorded quarter on quarter

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08/05/2024

INDEX Q1.2024

Decline in property prices continues

vdp index shows price decline of 5.3% for the year

 

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22/04/2024

Facts 2023

Business figures of German Pfandbrief Banks 2023

 

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12/02/2024

INDEX Q4.2023

Property prices end 2023 down 7.2%

  • vdp index shows 6.1% decline in residential property prices

 

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09/01/2024

Round Table Covered Bond Legislation

Since 2010, the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken, vdp) has regularly invited experts on the law of covered bonds (CBs) from over 20 countries to exchange views on legal developments. The following article explains the objectives and working methods of this comparative law project, whose data base is progressively being made available to the public at www.vdpcoveredbonds.com,

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Pfandbrief Act (PfandBG)

Pfandbrief Act brochure
incl. regulations

 

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10/11/2023

INDEX Q3.2023

Property price index: Property prices continue to slide

  • vdp index: Residential property prices down 1.7% since second quarter 

 

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12/10/2023

Development of residential and commercial property financing in Germany

  • General economic conditions
  • Residential property market and financing in Germany
  • Commercial property market and financing in Germany
  • Concluding remarks and outlook

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10/08/2023

INDEX Q2.2023

Decline in property prices begins to slow

  • vdp index shows quarterly fall of 0.9% in residential property prices

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10/05/2023

INDEX Q1.2023

Price correction in the property market continues 

  • vdp property price index sees prices decline across all property classes

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