"According to the latest research by Savills the total transaction volume for Germany’s commercial property market reached €30.4 billion in 2013, representing a rise of 20% year-on-year (yoy) and the highest investment volume since 2007 when a total of €56 billion was achieved."

"Blocks C & D in Parkgate Business Centre, a high yielding office investment in Dublin’s City Centre, is being offered for sale in one or more lots by international real estate advisor Savills, on behalf of receivers KPMG."

"Receiver Kieran Wallace of KPMG, appointed on behalf of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and advised by Savills, has sold the Clarion Hotel Dublin Airport."

"According to Savills data, the investment market for residential portfolios in Germany experienced a year-end flurry in 2013 recording a transaction volume of €5.1 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with €2.9 billion in Q4 2012."

"Savills has recruited Sascha Hanekopf to join its investment team in Germany as an associate director based at the firm‘s Hamburg office."

"Private wealth is increasingly shaping the world’s real estate markets and the use of private equity in major property deals worth at least US$10 million has nearly trebled since 2009. "

"Savills has appointed Stefan Marburg to head the firm‘s Hamburg office as part of an ongoing strategy to build up the local branch and a wider drive to align Savills transactional services in Germany."

"International real estate advisor Savills has advised its client, an international fashion business, on the sale of the Maki Solitaire office building in Düsseldorf, Germany, to InVision AG."

"Global commercial real estate services firm Studley announced today that real estate veteran Tim Prunka has joined its Miami, Florida office as Corporate Managing Director, where he will support the needs of the firm’s existing and future tenant clients."