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If you want to buy an existing apartment of around 80 square meters in a major German city, you will have to work for around 8 to 11 years; for a new-build apartment, it is even around 10 to 14 years. This is the result of an analysis by Immoscout24. In Munich, prospective buyers have to work around 11.2 years for a 5-day week (40 hours each) for an existing apartment and around 10 to 14 years for a new-build...

In his commentary "The housing market could put the ECB in a quandary", analyst Jochen Möbert from Deutsche Bank Research assesses the current situation on the housing markets. He says: "If inflation remains high, further interest rate hikes could lead to distortions on the housing markets." In his opinion, housing markets could find it difficult to cope with further interest rate hikes...

Germans are not only more environmentally aware, they are also under increasing cost pressure. This is the result of the study "Ecological sustainability as a driver of the transformation of housing in Germany", which was conducted by the Technical University of Darmstadt in cooperation with the real estate loan broker baufi24.de. Among other things, the researchers...

In 2022, there was less trading in residential portfolios and apartments than during the financial crisis in 2009 and 2010. This was recently announced by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). According to the BBSR, only twelve portfolios with at least 800 rental apartments changed hands in 2022 and only 38,400 residential units in total. This is based on an evaluation of a corresponding database on...

Paying high rents and repaying loans is a burden for more and more Germans. As a result, 12 percent of 12,000 respondents are planning to move for financial reasons. These are the findings of a joint analysis by the ifo Institute and Immowelt. The respondents could theoretically save costs, for example, by moving from the usually expensive city to the often cheaper...

The Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln) has found out more about the "New challenges for home ownership" on behalf of Deutsche Reihenhaus AG. One of the findings of the study was that fewer and fewer Germans are able to afford home ownership. While a couple with a net income of 3,730 euros (median income household) was able to afford...

Between 2015 and 2021, wages rose faster than rents on average across Germany. This is according to the study on the "Affordability of Rents" by the Haus und Grund association. According to the study, the median wages of full-time employees subject to social security contributions rose by 14.2% to €3,525 during the period in question. In the same period, existing rents rose by 7.3 percent to 7.32...

The asking prices for new-build and renovated older properties in Germany remain at a constant level. This is according to figures published by immobilienscout24.de. Prospective buyers currently have to pay an average of around EUR 5,200 per square meter for a renovated older property built between 1900 and 1949. For newer properties that were built in 2014 or later, the...

What does the future hold for city centers? This question is explored by several experts in the "cima.monitor Germany City Center Study 2022". One of the findings is that a significant proportion of people will no longer return to city centers for shopping under current conditions. According to the study, small towns are particularly affected by this development...

Banks are becoming more cautious when granting loans to house builders. This development is predicted by the auditing and consulting organization EY based on a recent analysis. "The tide has turned on the real estate market: The sharp rise in interest rates is curbing demand for real estate loans, and properties whose prices are set to rise by 35 percent between Q1 2019 and mid-2022 appear...