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Aareal Valuation positioned as Germany’s expert on property valuation and consultancy

Wiesbaden, 17 April 2007 – Aareal Valuation GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aareal Bank, has positioned itself as Germany’s expert on property valuation and consultancy as part of the Aareal Bank Group’s new growth programme, FUTURE 2009, and its continuing globalisation process.

With eight locations, Aareal Valuation is represented in all major economic regions in Germany. They provide their services to national and international banks, investors, owners, developers and consultants. Their core competences are the valuation of German property of all usage categories, research and consulting-services for technical and economic property issues and the validation of third party expert opinions.

“Thanks to our excellent grounding in property, our good geographical coverage and intensive cooperation with the globally active Aareal Bank Group, we can boast comprehensive property expertise in Germany with international knowledge,” explains Norbert Grund, Managing Director of Aareal Valuation. “Our clients benefit from our great awareness of location and market and our holistic approach. Our philosophy is to think globally and act locally.”

Aareal Valuation has three regional teams each specialising in specific areas of the country. These teams are supported by experts in specialist property and a research team. Previously, Aareal Valuation operated as an internal centre of competence within the Aareal Bank Group.

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