Rents are rising and rising. Exclusive data shows which regions are most affected.
There are solutions, but not for free. New construction is collapsing, and there is already a shortage of around 600,000 to 700,000 apartments, and the trend is rising. The average rent in the Dahme-Spreewald district has more than doubled within ten years. In ten years, rents in Cologne and Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia have risen more in percentage terms than in Thuringia or Saxony-Anhalt. The square meter costs the least in the Saxon Erzgebirgskreis at around 5.50 euros. People in the Munich urban district continue to pay by far the most rent at around 19.40 euros per square meter. Rental prices there rose again by a whopping 6.50 euros per square meter - only in Berlin were they higher at around 7.20 euros. The price per square meter in the capital has risen more than twice as much as the national average. Rents are also rising in structurally weak regions from which many people are moving. Land prices and construction costs are currently easing somewhat, but that alone won't be enough. "New housing construction must become more attractive," says real estate expert Heidrich. The private sector and the federal government are responsible for the housing crisis, he says. The housing market will probably remain a problem child in the future, says Heidich. He predicts a bleak future: "Especially in rural areas, we see markets developing apart. While the interior of old buildings in smaller cities is becoming more expensive, more and more apartments are empty in outlying areas." "What would massively support new residential construction would be to reduce the VAT for new rental residential buildings from 19 to seven percent. That would make building new housing significantly cheaper in one fell swoop, and it would be a simple and quick lever.'