A recent study from the Working Abroad Index 2026 shows that Frankfurt is more expensive than New York in terms of monthly additional costs for an 85 square meter apartment, although rents along the Main are overall lower. #Frankfurt #Nebenkosten #WorkingAbroadIndex (translated)
Elif Eralp, the top candidate of the Left Party in Berlin, describes the plans of Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to make socializations more difficult as unconstitutional and warns of a disadvantage for Berlin tenants. #Vergesellschaftung #BerlinWahl #ElifEralp (translated)
Julia Löhr's comment succinctly shows the attitude of the market apostles towards the housing crisis: they can list at length what cannot be done (nationalizations, rent caps, tightening rent control), but they do not have a single idea of what could be done. Because they couldn't care less. (translated)
The author wrote that Heimstaden has only built 85 apartments in Berlin over the past ten years, while spending billions of euros to purchase existing properties. As a result, the company has driven up prices significantly and increased rents. Berlin does not need such "investors," he explained. #Berlin #Immobilien #Mieten #DE (translated)
The construction of commercial rental apartments in Vienna is falling, leading to an even tighter supply of housing for rent. #Wien #Mietwohnungen #Bauindustrie (translated)
The article by Johannes Haug addresses the growing practice of apartment swapping in the rental market, which may appear to be a solution for some tenants, but does not alleviate the general housing shortage in cities and continues to leave many people behind. #Wohnungstausch #Mietmarkt #Stadtentwicklung (translated)
According to a study, rising interest rates are causing property prices in Germany to nearly stagnate, while rents continue to rise. #Immobilienmarkt #Mieten #Zinsen (translated)
Germany ranks among the bottom in Europe in housing construction, as in 2025 only 2.48 completed apartments per 1,000 inhabitants were created, while significantly more were built in most other European countries. #Wohnungsbau #Mieten #Immobilienpreise (translated)
Max Stirner wrote that people who had labeled limits as ineffective and immoral for years simultaneously demanded restrictions on rents, bonuses, salaries, inheritances, living space, air travel, speed, and freedom of expression. #Grenzen #Mieten #Meinungsfreiheit (translated)
Horse Trading wrote that he watched a press conference by the Left regarding expropriation in Berlin and, according to his own account, understood how "budget neutrality" works. Ines Schwerdtner explained that the purchase of apartments for 16 billion euros was to be financed through loans. For comparison, Horse Trading described the purchase of a BMW X5 for 95,000 euros that he wanted to finance over 40 years at five percent. The monthly rate would be 458.08 euros, and a total of 219,878 euros would be due, including nearly 125,000 euros in interest. His wife and the two sons were each supposed to pay 152.69 euros monthly as a transportation allowance. His eleven-year-old son asked if he could refinance his share through his console loan; the seven-year-old would therefore have to pay pocket money for 40 years and would be 47 years old when the payments were completed. Furthermore, Horse Trading wrote that he had offered the dealer 60,000 euros and suggested that a court should decide on the residual value. The dealer then threw him out. #Finanzen #Wohnen #Kredite (translated)
Alexander Steffen wrote that the Federal Constitutional Court declared the Berlin rent cap unconstitutional. The Left politician Elif Eralp is wearing a necklace with the word "rent cap," he wrote, and asked where the protection of the constitution is when a violation of the constitution is glorified. https://t.co/2Sryasx6OA #Mietendeckel #Verfassungsschutz #BerlinerPolitik (translated)
The cook wrote that for weeks a campaign has been conducted against the Berlin Left Party, in which the Union, conservative media, and parts of the public broadcasting service participated with outrage and warnings about an alleged "housing socialism." He referred to Article 15 of the Basic Law, which allows for socialization against compensation, and stated that the IMK estimated the costs for 210,000 apartments at 13.5 billion euros. Interest and repayment could be financed from rental income according to a model calculation, Koch wrote. It is about affordable rents, social justice, and the question of who should own the cities, he added, not about the end of the market economy. #Berlin #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Wohnungsbau (translated)
Kolja Barghoorn wrote that Berlin's Left would see how their party would significantly increase rents after expropriations. https://t.co/quQgcMlJ5e #BerlinerLinke #Mieten #Enteignung (translated)
Kolja Barghoorn wrote that The Left will have to increase rents in expropriated apartments by up to 45 percent in order to pay the debt service. https://t.co/HD7Nn2mE5f #Mieten #Enteignung #Politik (translated)
The chef referred to the phrase "The market regulates it" as one of the biggest life lies of German housing policy. While private real estate companies earned returns from housing, state-owned housing companies built tens of thousands of apartments in Berlin, he wrote. Koch criticized that the Union, the real estate lobby, and parts of the media claimed that socialization would destroy housing construction. Housing should not be treated as a speculative object or a business model for profit maximization, but as a basic need. The market has had decades of time; the result is reflected for millions of tenants monthly in their accounts, he wrote. #Wohnen #Wohnpolitik #Mieten (translated)
Savers wrote that most Germans still have no idea what is coming their way. Those who can barely afford to live now will be confronted with an even more difficult situation in 2027. Especially a move can become a financial burden, as a new rental contract with an interest rate of 4.5 percent could have a strong impact on those affected. #Deutschland #Finanzen #Mieten (translated)
Frédéric Schwilden wrote that he welcomes the planned expropriations of large real estate companies, although in his estimation they would likely lead to higher rents. He disparagingly and dehumanizingly referred to people living on rent, stating that they would learn a lesson that way. #Mieten #Enteignung #Kapitalismus (translated)
Stefan Evers wrote that tenants of Vonovia and other companies would have to expect higher rather than lower costs in the future because expropriations are not free of charge. According to his description, the Left is not concerned with affordable housing in Berlin, but rather with determining who will live next to whom in the future. https://t.co/BwNrq91enn #Mieten #Berlin #Politik (translated)
Marzelline scoffed that more than 460,000 Berliners had believed in the "fairy tale" of cheap rents and sharply questioned their judgment. https://t.co/KmYOMvxhOC #Berlin #Mieten #Gesellschaft (translated)
