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62% of consumers fear that the rise in energy prices will place a heavy burden on them. This is the result of a survey conducted by Kantar on behalf of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzbv). Furthermore, according to the survey, 71% of consumers do not want electricity or gas to be cut off to insolvent customers on low incomes by the end of April 2022. In the telephone survey...

Despite the sharp rise in real estate and land prices, Germans are still happy to invest in their own home and the number of loan agreements remains "at a consistently high level". This is the conclusion reached by ING Germany on the basis of the Baufi-Barometer. Based on the question "How does Germany finance", the construction financing data of ING customers was analyzed on an anonymous basis....

In a study, the owners' association Haus & Grund Deutschland found that rents became more affordable for wage earners between 2015 and 2020. For the study, the owners' association compared, among other things, the increase in wages with the increases in existing rents and new contract rents. While wages increased on average during the survey period...

Real estate investors in Europe want to make their real estate portfolios more sustainable in the future. In Germany, 73 percent of the real estate investors surveyed plan to invest in the sustainable refurbishment of their portfolios, in France the figure is 72 percent and in the UK 57 percent. In addition, it is also important to them that the properties have a corresponding sustainability certificate.

The Immowelt Group has compared the asking prices for existing apartments with 40 to 120 square meters in 78 major German cities with those of the previous year. The result is that owners will have to pay up to 31 percent more between 2020 and 2021. The most significant price increases were recorded in smaller cities. In Erfurt, the price per square meter for...

According to project developers and property owners, tenants want fast broadband internet for working from home (58% and 57% respectively), larger apartments (42% and 51% respectively) and apartments with study rooms (42% and 46% respectively). These are the findings of the study "Future Living - Outlook 2022. Housing trends of the future" by business and consulting firm PwC Germany. The study, for which...

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) recently examined the development of real estate prices in 114 major German cities. It found that prices for owner-occupied homes and apartments have risen by 9 percent compared to 2020. The DIW is of the opinion that "speculative exaggerations are occurring in more and more regions and market segments, particularly in...

For 2021 and 2022, the analysis company Bulwiengesa expects a record completion volume for logistics properties of over five million square meters each. At 3.7 million square meters, completed logistics space recently fell short of the previous year's figure of 4.9 million square meters due to delayed construction starts caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, the...

In Germany, 308,000 new apartments need to be built every year to meet demand. This is the result of a study carried out by the German Economic Institute (IW) on behalf of Deutsche Reihenhaus AG. Those responsible also point out that there is a risk of vacancies in rural regions, whereas too little is being built in large cities. Thus, up to...

A company survey conducted by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) has revealed that companies fear the consequences of higher electricity and gas prices. Almost half (46%) of the 600 or so companies surveyed fear a loss of competitiveness in Germany as a result. In addition, the companies also fear that they...