Current market issues
our opinion about
Rent cover
The Berlin rent cap helps Berlin tenants? No, just the opposite. The rent cap leads to an increase in the ownership rate and deprives the rental market of living space, as landlords are reluctant to be expropriated and prefer to sell their property than rent it out too cheaply. This means that these apartments will be acquired in the medium term by people who can afford to buy real estate and do not create affordable living space. In addition, landlords who continue to rent out their apartments no longer make investments, as these are of course no longer covered by the regulated rents. If the law is kept in this form, it will change our cityscape. Nevertheless, the rent cap is a signal to the housing industry and should not be ignored. Solutions have to be found on how to create affordable living space and still be able to make a profit.
Distribution prohibition
After the Berlin rent cap, another draft law is now being discussed, which should make it more difficult for real estate investors to do business with existing properties. Investors should be pushed into the construction of new living space and be deterred from doing business with existing properties. If such a distribution ban should come, this will presumably lead to the prices for existing condominiums rising rapidly, since a scarce commodity follows the laws of the market economy when there is high demand and becomes more expensive.
Development of the Berlin (residential) property market
The market for condominiums appears to remain stable and, depending on political developments and the micro-location, is even rising. Of course, you have to look carefully and adapt to developments in Berlin housing policy. As long as the trade in residential property is possible, the real estate market in such a polarizing and internationally popular city like Berlin will pave its way and in a social market economy, it will also follow the laws of a market economy.