# Concrete gold

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## Definition

In the language of the financial world - joking term for investments in buildings; in a broader sense, investments in undeveloped land are sometimes included as well as - the money invested in a real estate fund. - After reputable funds in Germany suspended redemption of shares in 2005, the reputation of these funds suffered a noticeable decline. - See construction industry, construction land, building society, land credit institution, money oversupply, mortgage bank, real estate bubble, real estate prices, real estate assets, real estate investment trust, funds raising, low interest rate policy, zero interest rate, repression, financial, urbanization, estimate, low held, home ownership, interest rate allocation function, interest rate differential business. - Cf. BaFin's 2005 Annual Report, p. 147 ff., Financial Stability Report 2012, p. 55 ff. (detailed market analysis, many overviews; literature references), and the respective BaFin Annual Report, section "Real Estate Funds." In the ECB's Monthly Bulletin, the annex "Euro area statistics" contains lists of the composition of the assets of real estate funds under the heading "Monetary developments, banks and investment funds," subheading "Assets of investment funds in the euro area by investment focus and investor group." The respective Financial Stability Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank also shows, among other things, the funds raised by German real estate funds, ECB Monthly Bulletin of May 2013, pp. 59 f. (development of residential property prices in the euro area since 2000), pp. 70 f. (residential investment since 1995), ECB Monthly Bulletin of July 2013, pp. 55 ff. (Residential real estate in the euro area and its value; many overviews), Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of October 2013, pp. 13 ff. (Residential real estate market in Germany; many overviews), Financial Stability Report 2013, p. 17, pp. 66 ff. (Residential real estate prices rising; dangers), Deutsche Bundesbank Annual Report 2013, pp. 53 f. (Residential investment by private households since 1991; overview), Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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