From smaller towns to the bigger metropolises, renting in Germany ain’t easy. While we can’t find you a flat, we hope to take some of the confusion out of doing so.
Berlin ranks first in front of cities like Hong Kong, Paris and London when it comes to rising real estate prices, a study released on Tuesday found. Three other German cities also made it into the top ten.
A man was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of murder for blowing up the terraced house that he lives in. The blast left the house destroyed with one woman dead.
This shoebox apartment in the gentrified Bergmann-Kiez neighbourhood may be a sign that the tides are turning for Berlin’s comparatively cheap housing market.
A tenant must pay more than €3,000 for failing to follow German etiquette and repaint the walls of his apartment white after moving out, a Munich court has ruled.
Germany’s next government is set to introduce an upper limit on rents in highly-populated areas. While the changes would be welcomed by most tenants, they are not universally popular.
