Berlin rents continue to rise. A new report shows that the average price has cracked the €10 per square metre mark for the first time, with further increases forecast.
The ‘rent price brake’ should guarantee affordable rents in Germany’s popular cities. However, it isn’t working properly and needs to be improved. How can tenants defend themselves in the future?
Finding a new apartment in Germany can often be a very frustrating experience. With high demand in cities like Munich and Berlin, you need to be clued up to get your dream home.
The nation’s capital has a problem that it shares with 76 other major cities in Germany. According to a study published on Monday, Berlin leads the way as the German metropolis with the largest shortage of affordable apartments.
The Bavarian capital may well have a reputation inside Germany as being almost unaffordable, but it appears that all the haters are in the wrong profession.
A new study by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) shows that living space is becoming more affordable in Germany, as income increases outpace rent rises.
As Wednesday finally brought some good news for Germany's often downtrodden flat tenants - rent caps and release from estate agent fees - we recap on a few oddities that have marked and marred rental relations in recent years.
