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In the past, when investors had a choice between a newly built property and an existing property, the choice usually fell on the new construction. That has changed. New construction in Germany has been in crisis not only since the start of the war in Ukraine. Shortages of materials, increases in construction costs and the explosion in energy costs make new construction projects difficult to calculate. More and more real estate experts now suspect a comeback of the old building.

In Germany, many tenants have the problem of finding affordable housing. Terms such as Mietpreisbremse, Mietspiegel and Vergleichsmiete are particularly relevant to this issue. For laypersons, these are often difficult to understand and distinguish. In this blog post, we’ll explain what these terms mean and how they relate to each other.

The real estate market has changed direction. After many years of continuous price increases, we are now seeing property prices falling again for the first time, especially in rural and structurally weak regions.

The real estate industry is changing. If in 2021 people were still talking about a real estate boom and record low interest rates, the situation now looks completely different. Find out if we are currently in a buyer’s or seller’s market and what that means for you as an owner or prospective buyer in our new YouTube video.