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Trading with small housing packages becoming increasingly significant
Fewer major deals, more transactions with small and medium-sized housing portfolios – Developments in trading with housing stock in 2017 More : Trading with small housing packages becoming increasingly significant
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development
The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) is a departmental research institution under the portfolio of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). It advises the Federal Government with sectoral scientific consultation in the political fields of spatial planning, urban development, housing and building.
News from research
- Guideline to the consideration of sustainability criteria in the award of public works contracts Project of the research programme "Future Building"
- Using Big Data to analyse and forecast construction activity in Germany Project of the research programme "Future Building"
- Capacity utilisation in the construction sector Project of the research programme "Future Building"
- Urban social diversity – city districts subject to demand pressure Project of the research programme "ExWoSt"
New publications / abstracts
- Online participation in urban development IzR 6/2017 (abstracts)
- Trends in urban and regional development IzR 5/2017 (abstracts)