Market Insights and Analysis

Berlin building regulations 2016

Smoke detector requirement in Berlin: existing apartments to be retrofitted by end of 2020

Berlin was the last German federal state to mandate smoke detectors. Existing apartments had to be retrofitted by end of 2020. What owners needed to know about costs and responsibilities.

Statistical office, May 2016

Berlin rents May 2016: net cold rents up, ancillary costs down

According to the Berlin-Brandenburg statistical office, net cold rents rose 0.6% in May 2016 while ancillary costs fell 4.0%, leaving gross warm rents nearly flat.

Urban development Berlin 2016

A100 motorway extension: parliamentary report questions planning procedure

A report by the Bundestag's research service flagged a procedural change in the A100 motorway extension plans. The Left Party demanded a new public consultation. What it meant for property owners along the route.

Berlin Regional Court, 2016

Ancillary cost dispute: court rules review reports without tenant names invalid

Berlin's Regional Court rejected ancillary cost review reports from a tenants' association because they failed to name the individual tenants. What landlords can learn from the ruling.

Berlin Valuation Committee, Q1 2016

Building land prices in Berlin: plots well above benchmark values in early 2016

According to the Berlin Valuation Committee, building land prices reached 113% of benchmark values by end of March 2016. Steglitz-Zehlendorf led at 133%, Pankow was most moderate at 102%.

LBS purchase price index Q1 2016

Apartment prices in Berlin 2016: Mitte most expensive, Marzahn-Hellersdorf most affordable

An analysis of Q1 2016 listing data reveals large price gaps for resale apartments across Berlin's boroughs. Mitte leads, Marzahn-Hellersdorf sits at the bottom.

Berlin housing policy 2016

Tenants' association demands more social housing: what it meant for Berlin's market in 2016

In 2016, Berlin's tenants' association demanded that two thirds of new apartments built by state-owned companies be designated as social housing. A look back at the demand and its consequences for property owners.

Regulation of holiday apartments

Berlin tightened its ban on short-term rentals on 1 May 2016. The European holiday home association EHHA then announced a complaint to the EU Commission, alleging a violation of EU law.

Land use plans and current market data 2016

The Senate released new building land in Mitte, Reinickendorf, and Neukoelln. Meanwhile, the IVD warned that planning targets fell far short. New-build permits surged while loft conversions collapsed.

Senate approves rezoning of cemetery and nursery land

In May 2016, the Berlin Senate amended the land use plan in four boroughs to create space for over 1,000 new apartments on previously unused land.