German Property Knowledge

Buying, financing, selling or letting in Germany: how to share your plans and prepare for the first conversation with DeSH.

Germany approved 169,400 homes in January–August 2026, up 12.1% year on year. An ifo survey shows that residential builders still face weak order books.

In a survey of German city renters, one in eight said high housing costs had made them turn down a job.

Hausgeld covers shared costs, management and reserves. The full amount is not automatically recoverable from a tenant.

Interhyp’s 10-year mortgage market reference rose by roughly 0.2 percentage points between August and early September 2026. Oil prices, central-bank decisions and a buyer’s own loan offer need to be considered separately.

Preliminary data for the second quarter of 2026 show residential prices up 0.6% year on year nationwide, while flats across Germany’s seven largest cities fell 0.4%. The two measures cover different markets.