The average rent price of residential real estate in Germany was approximately two euros higher for newly built properties than existing ones in 2023. Rents have increased steadily since 2004 and in the fourth quarter of 2023, the average square meter rent for a newly constructed property reached **** euros. The rent for existing housing was slightly lower at *** euros per square meter. Among the major cities in Germany, Munich had the highest rents.

Rents in Germany continued to increase in all seven major cities in 2024. The average rent per square meter in Munich was approximately **** euros — the highest in the country. Conversely, Düsseldorf had the most affordable rent, at approximately **** euros per square meter. But how does renting compare to buying? According to the house price to rent ratio, house prices in Germany have risen faster than rents, making renting more affordable than buying. Affordability of housing in Germany In 2023, Germany was among the European countries with a relatively high house price to income ratio in Europe. The indicator compares the affordability of housing across OECD countries and is calculated as the nominal house prices divided by nominal disposable income per head, with 2015 chosen as a base year. Between 2012 and 2022, property prices in the country rose much faster than income, with the house price to income index peaking at *** index points at the beginning of 2022. Slower house price growth in the following years has led to the index declining, as incomes catch up. Nevertheless, homebuyers in 2024 faced significantly higher mortgage interest rates, contributing to a higher final cost. How much does buying a property in Germany cost? Just as with renting, Munich was the most expensive city for newly built apartments. In 2024, the cost per square meter in Munich was almost ***** euros pricier than in the runner-up city, Frankfurt. Detached and semi-detached houses are usually more expensive. The price gap between Munich and the second most expensive city, Stuttgart, was nearly ***** euros per square meter.

Rent Inflation in Germany increased to 2.20 percent in August from 2.10 percent in July of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germany Rent Inflation.

In 2023, Frankfurt and Munich were the German cities with the highest prime rents for office real estate, but Berlin had the highest average rent. In Munich, the prime office rent amounted to ** euros per square meter, while the average rent was twice lower, at ***** euros per square meter. Prime rents refer to the top price segment in the market, usually buildings in the most desired locations and of the highest specifications.

In 2023, Berlin Mitte was the most expensive district for apartment rentals, with an average asking basic rent of **** euros per square meter (excluding extra costs). The average for the city in this period was ***** euros per square meter. That was higher than the average rent in the Germany.

In 2022, Altstadt-Lehel was the most expensive district for rent in Munich, Germany, with an average monthly rent of about ** euros per square meter of living space (excluding extra costs). In comparison, some of the more affordable districts, such as Feldmoching-Hasenbergl and Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied, had average rents of under ** euros per square meter.

In Germany, apartments were most expensive in Munich, with the average square meter price as high ***** euros. In Cologne, on the other hand, the average square meter price was about ***** euros. According to the house price index in Germany, house prices in the country have risen steadily in recent years.

Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data was reported at 114.360 1990=100 in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 107.870 1990=100 for 2018. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data is updated yearly, averaging 89.865 1990=100 from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2019, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 114.360 1990=100 in 2019 and a record low of 79.810 1990=100 in 2005. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulwiengesa AG. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.EB004: Property Market Index.

The overall average cost of logistic space per square meter per month increased slightly across Germany between 2014 and 2023. Munich had the highest overall rent, amounting to *** euros per square meter.

Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: Suburban data was reported at 166.760 1975=100 in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 166.010 1975=100 for 2018. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: Suburban data is updated yearly, averaging 143.580 1975=100 from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2019, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 192.090 1975=100 in 1993 and a record low of 100.000 1975=100 in 1975. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: Suburban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulwiengesa AG. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.EB004: Property Market Index.

Housing Index in Germany increased to 219.91 points in September from 218.87 points in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany House Price Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data was reported at 226.730 1975=100 in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 216.910 1975=100 for 2018. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data is updated yearly, averaging 176.650 1975=100 from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2019, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 226.730 1975=100 in 2019 and a record low of 100.000 1975=100 in 1975. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average City Centre Office Rent data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulwiengesa AG. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.EB004: Property Market Index.

Since 2019, the rent of retail real estate has decreased across most German markets. In Munich, which was the most expensive city in Germany for renting prime retail real estate, the prime rent fell from *** to *** euros per square meter between 2019 and 2023. Meanwhile, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt completed the top three with monthly rents of *** euros per square meter and *** euros per square meter in 2023, respectively.

Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data was reported at 288.700 1975=100 in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 293.880 1975=100 for 2018. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data is updated yearly, averaging 226.630 1975=100 from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2019, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 294.350 1975=100 in 2017 and a record low of 100.000 1975=100 in 1975. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: WG: 49 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulwiengesa AG. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.EB004: Property Market Index.

Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data was reported at 139.270 1990=100 in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 141.280 1990=100 for 2018. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data is updated yearly, averaging 119.955 1990=100 from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2019, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 141.640 1990=100 in 2017 and a record low of 100.000 1990=100 in 1990. Germany Commercial Property Market Index: 127 Cities: Average Retail Rent: City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulwiengesa AG. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.EB004: Property Market Index.

DOI Housing and residential status. Residential area and social structure. Mobility and economic situation. Employment. Election decision and participation. Topics: 1. Housing and housing status: size of the place of residence (degree of urbanisation); location; duration of residence; satisfaction with the place of residence; length of residence in the apartment; number of moves in the last ten years; previous place of residence; residential status of the previous apartment; living space of the previous apartment; reasons for moving; main reason for moving; residential status of the current apartment; one or more households in the house; monthly contribution costs; type of purchase of house/flat; construction of the house/flat by public subsidies; amount of monthly mortgage repayment and interest; amount of monthly ancillary costs; amount of heating costs in the last calendar year; amount of maintenance costs in the last calendar year; monthly burden subsidy received from the state; housing entitlement certificate required; owner of the flat; rent amount; rent including costs for heating and hot water; amount of lump sum for heating and hot water (or. for heating and hot water separately); average costs for heating and hot water and payment period; rent includes modernisation charge; amount of modernisation charge in total or per sqm; type of modernisation measures for which a modernisation charge is paid; adequacy of rental costs; receipt of housing benefit; amount of monthly housing charge; living space; number of rooms; assessment of apartment size; apartment furnishing; apartment equipment meets needs; preferred living standard; year of construction of the house; assessment of the structural condition of the house; satisfaction with the apartment. 2. Residential area and social structure: satisfaction with the immediate residential environment; satisfaction with the environmental conditions at the place of residence; walking distance to selected facilities (e.g. public transport stops, shopping facilities, doctors, kindergarten, primary school, etc.); social structure: social differences in the immediate living environment; relationship with neighbours; satisfaction with the neighbourhood; development of personal living situation; greatest loss after possible relocation (local connection); preferred home; preferred residential area; foreigners in the residential environment; proportion of foreigners in the residential area compared to other residential areas; foreigners who have been living in the residential area or have recently moved in; newly arrived foreigners are predominantly ethnic Germans, refugees or have been living in Germany for some time; relationship between foreigners and Germans in the residential environment; attitude towards the spatial separation of Germans and foreigners; personal contacts with foreigners or Germans in the family, at work, in the neighbourhood or among friends and acquaintances; assessment of assistance for foreigners (simple entry aids, more extensive integration measures or renouncement of such assistance). 3. Mobility: intention to move; reasons for moving; most important reason for moving; preference for moving (target area); plans for the current apartment within the next two years or changes already carried out in the last two years (new furnish, renovate, modernise, add-on or conversion); classification on a ladder best form of living / worst imaginable apartment (own apartment, in comparison own apartment 5 years ago, best accessible apartment, justly entitled apartment, average apartment of friends and acquaintances, apartment of an average German citizen); assessment of the current personal economic situation. 4. Employment: employment status; job security; length of working distance; longest accepted working distance in minutes; willingness to commute. 5. Election decision and participation: eligibility to vote in the last federal election; participation in the last federal election and election decision (second vote); party preference (Sunday question) or party most likely to be considered. Demography: sex; age (month of birth and year of birth); highest school leaving certificate or targeted school leaving certificate; age at school leaving certificate; vocational education or training certificate; current or former employment; full-time or part-time employment; current or last professional position; current or last professional activity; marital status; cohabitation with a partner; own children; self-classification of class; denomination; closeness to the church; household size; net income of the respondent; number of children in the household and age of these children; number of persons in the household aged 18 years and older; number of persons in the household who contribute to the household income; number of persons employed in the household; household net income; place of residence before 1989; car ownership; German citizenship; telephone connection in the household. Interviewer rating: residential house type; residential area type. Additionally coded was: BBSR ID; Split; Respondents ID; ADM network; state; government district; city size (political community size, BIK/Boustedt); interview date; Interview duration; weighting factors. Wohnung und Wohnstatus. Wohngebiet und Sozialstruktur. Mobilität und Wirtschaftliche Lage. Erwerbstätigkeit. Wahlentscheidung und Wahlbeteiligung. Themen: 1. Wohnen und Wohnstatus: Ortsgröße (Urbanisierungsgrad); Wohnlage; Wohndauer am Wohnort; Zufriedenheit mit dem Wohnort; Wohndauer in der Wohnung; Anzahl der Umzüge in den letzten zehn Jahren; vorherig Wohnlage; Wohnstatus der vorherigen Wohnung; Wohnfläche der vorherigen Wohnung; Umzugsgründe; wichtigster Umzugsgrund; Wohnstatus der jetzigen Wohnung; ein Haushalt oder mehrere Haushalte im Haus; Umlagekosten pro Monat; Art des Erwerbs des Hauses/der Wohnung; Bau des Hauses/der Wohnung durch öffentliche Förderung; Höhe der monatlichen Belastung für Hypotheken-Tilgung und Zinsen; Höhe der monatlichen Nebenkosten; Höhe der Heizkosten im letzten Kalenderjahr; Höhe der Instandhaltungskosten im letzten Kalenderjahr; monatlich vom Staat erhaltener Lastenzuschuss; Wohnberechtigungsschein erforderlich; Eigentümer der Wohnung; Miethöhe; Miete inklusive Kosten für Heizung und Warmwasser; Höhe der Pauschale für Heizung und Warmwasser (bzw. für Heizung und Warmwasser getrennt); durchschnittliche Kosten für Heizung und Warmwasser und Zahlungszeitraum; Miete enthält Modernisierungsumlage; Höhe der Modernisierungsumlage insgesamt oder pro qm; Art der Modernisierungsmaßnahmen, für die eine Modernisierungsumlage gezahlt wird; Angemessenheit der Mietkosten; Bezug von Wohngeld; Höhe des monatlichen Wohngelds; Wohnfläche; Anzahl der Wohnräume; Beurteilung der Wohnungsgröße; Wohnungsausstattung; Wohnungsausstattung entspricht den Bedürfnissen; präferierter Wohnstandard; Baujahr des Wohnhauses; Beurteilung des baulichen Zustands des Hauses; Zufriedenheit mit der Wohnung. 2. Wohngebiet und Sozialstruktur: Zufriedenheit mit der unmittelbaren Wohnumgebung; Zufriedenheit mit den Umweltbedingungen am Wohnort; fußläufige Erreichbarkeit ausgewählter Einrichtungen (z.B. Haltestellen für öffentliche Verkehrsmittel, Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Ärzte, Kindergarten, Grundschule, etc.); Sozialstruktur: soziale Unterschiede in der unmittelbaren Wohnumgebung; Verhältnis zu den Nachbarn; Zufriedenheit mit der Nachbarschaft; Entwicklung der persönlichen Wohnsituation; größter Verlust nach möglichem Umzug (Ortsbindung); präferiertes Wunschhaus; präferierte Wohngegend; Ausländer in der Wohnumgebung; Ausländeranteil im eigenen Wohngebiet im Vergleich zu anderen Wohngebieten; Ausländer schon länger im Wohngebiet oder neu zugezogen; neu zugezogene Ausländer sind überwiegend Aussiedler, Flüchtlinge oder leben schon länger in Deutschland; Verhältnis zwischen Ausländern und Deutschen in der Wohnumgebung; Einstellung zur räumlichen Trennung von Deutschen und Ausländern; persönliche Kontakte zu Ausländern bzw. Deutschen in der Familie, am Arbeitsplatz, in der Nachbarschaft bzw. im Freundes- und Bekanntenkreis; Beurteilung von Hilfen für Ausländer (einfache Einstiegshilfen, umfangreichere Eingliederungsmaßnahmen oder Verzicht auf solche Hilfen). 3. Mobilität: Umzugsabsicht; Umzugsgründe; wichtigster Umzugsgrund; Umzugspräferenz (Zielgebiet); Pläne für die jetzige Wohnung innerhalb der nächsten zwei Jahre bzw. in den letzten zwei Jahren bereits durchgeführte Veränderungen (neu einrichten, renovieren, modernisieren, An- oder Umbau); Einordnung auf einer Leiter beste Wohnform/schlechteste vorstellbare Wohnung (eigene Wohnung, im Vergleich dazu eigene Wohnung vor 5 Jahren, beste erreichbare Wohnung, gerechterweise zustehende Wohnung, durchschnittliche Wohnung von Freunden und Bekannten, Wohnung eines durchschnittlichen Bundesbürgers); Beurteilung der derzeitigen persönlichen wirtschaftlichen Lage. 4. Erwerbstätigkeit: Erwerbsstatus; Sicherheit des eigenen Arbeitsplatzes; Länge des Arbeitsweges; akzeptierte längste Arbeitswegdauer in Minuten; Pendelbereitschaft. 5. Wahlentscheidung und Wahlbeteiligung: Wahlberechtigung bei der letzten Bundestagswahl; Teilnahme an der letzten Bundestagswahl und Wahlentscheidung (Zweitstimme); Parteipräferenz (Sonntagsfrage) bzw. Partei, die am ehesten in Frage käme. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter (Geburtsmonat und Geburtsjahr); höchster Schulabschluss bzw. angestrebter Schulabschluss; Alter bei Schulabschluss; Berufsausbildung bzw. Ausbildungsabschluss; derzeitige bzw. frühere Erwerbstätigkeit; Vollzeit- bzw. Teilzeiterwerbstätigkeit; derzeitige bzw. letzte berufliche Stellung; derzeitige bzw. letzte berufliche Tätigkeit; Familienstand; Zusammenleben mit einem Partner; eigene Kinder; Selbsteinstufung der Schichtzugehörigkeit; Konfession bzw. Religionsgemeinschaft; Kirchenverbundenheit; Haushaltsgröße;

This statistic shows the average rent for apartments in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich in Germany as of 2016, by apartment size. It showed that an apartment of *** square meters was priced at ***** euros per month in Munich, which was significantly more than the same sized apartment costing ***** euros per month in Berlin.

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The property brokerage sector was hardly affected by the coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine. Demand for residential property in urban areas is very high, while demand for office and retail space collapsed in 2020. The slump in demand for commercial space was largely absorbed by industry players, as many companies sold their commercial properties and rented them themselves in order to increase their liquidity in the short term. These sale-and-lease-back transactions often required advice from industry players. Due to the weak development on the commercial property market, turnover is expected to fall by 0.9% to 12.8 billion euros in the current year. On average, a decline in turnover of 3.3% per year has been observed over the past five years. The increased regulation of the property market, such as the rent freeze, has also contributed to this. Politicians have also responded to the sometimes low level of qualification of estate agents by making further training certificates a legal requirement.Despite rising property prices, estate agents are still benefiting from a high willingness to invest in property as a capital investment in the current year. One reason for this is the high level of rents. However, the high level of interest rates reduces the incentives to invest in a home if the client is reliant on borrowed capital. The short supply of properties is driving up property prices in many German cities and is a major factor in the high level of brokerage fees that estate agents receive for successful brokerage. In addition, residential property is considered an attractive capital investment, especially for wealthy private individuals and investors, which is considered crisis-proof in times of volatile securities markets and persistent inflation.Over the next five years up to and including 2029, IBISWorld expects industry turnover to increase by an average of 0.2% per year to an estimated 12.9 billion euros. While the number of commercial property sales will fall due to the negative impact of working from home and online retail, industry players will benefit from recovering demand on the residential property market. Demand for residential property will once again benefit from the reputation of residential property as a crisis-proof investment, even if the high level of interest rates will continue to dampen demand somewhat. In order to remain competitive in a highly fragmented market with low barriers to market entry, companies must increasingly focus on high-quality service offerings.

In 2022, Berlin Mitte was the most expensive district in Berlin, Germany, for new rental contracts. Median rents show the middle value of rent expenditure, meaning that 50 percent of newly rented apartments in Berlin Mitte in 2022 had rental costs exceeding 15.19 euros per square meter, and 50 percent of apartments had rents below this value. Meanwhile, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg witnessed the highest rental price increase since 2018.