Tag: Rent
Union criticizes SPD push for tenant protection
Demonstration against high rents in Berlin The housing market is tight, especially in big cities. (Photo: imago images/Bernd Friedel) Berlin Considerations by the left wing of the SPD to use…
SPD-Left calls for nationalization of real estate companies
Berlin Leading politicians of the SPD Left see an urgent need for action to protect tenants from inflation-related rent increases. “Vonovia and other real estate companies regularly show that they…
Real estate market: There are enough regulations
Anyone who thought that with Franziska Giffey at the head of the Berlin Senate would end the urge to regulate housing construction is mistaken. The Governing Mayor’s proposal to limit…
Fear of rent increases due to inflation
Frankfurt, Berlin After Germany’s largest landlord Vonovia, other large German housing groups are also preparing their tenants for increases in view of the high inflation. This includes the Düsseldorf group…
What tenants should be prepared for, according to CEO Rolf Buch
Vonovia CEO Rolf Buch “We will sell more new buildings than originally planned.” (Photo: Jann Höfer for Handelsblatt) Bochum Germany’s largest landlord, the Dax group Vonovia, considers rent increases to…
Flood & Corona: Apply for a property tax waiver due to loss of rent
Closed shop in Koblenz In order to contain the corona pandemic, many shops had to remain closed for months in 2021. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The year 2021 was associated with…
Existing buildings, new houses – what brings more returns?
houses as an investment Even old buildings can be lucrative investment opportunities – if you calculate correctly. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt New properties are currently particularly popular on the market –…
How expensive heating is for German tenants
Smoking chimney Real estate has to be heated – but this is becoming more and more expensive. An evaluation by Immowelt shows how expensive it is for tenants in German…
What is a port? How to rent a powerbank?
In recent years; Smartphones, wireless headphones, smart watches and similar devices have become an integral part of our daily lives. Many factors, from the internet of things to the development…
Why hardly anyone has to rent in Singapore
Singapore skyline Singapore is one of the most expensive housing markets in the world. (Photo: dpa) Bangkok Nicol Ong needed a lot of patience to realize his dream of owning…
This is how the real estate market in the Big Apple is being reorganized
new York The furnishings are exquisite, the location selected. A hundred-year-old wooden floor, stucco on the ceiling and a porter who takes interested parties up to the apartment door in…
Suggestion from the Economist: Privatize the Moon, Rent Its Lands
The new report, published by the Adam Smith Institute, argued that the Moon should be privatized in order to ‘strengthen the global economy’. Rebecca Lowe, who wrote the report, shared…
Clear steps for increasing the rent
Frankfurt Rent increases bring tenant protection organizations and lawyers a lively influx. Because the legal basis is complex, and disputes often arise between tenants and landlords. With the so-called index…
Rents in major cities continue to rise
Living in Berlin Prices in Berlin rose particularly sharply. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Are rents in major German cities continuing to rise or not? The experts at the online platform Immoscout24…
Klara Geywitz is facing major challenges
Berlin For Klara Geywitz (SPD), the coalition agreement reads like a specification sheet that is difficult to master. The SPD, the Greens and the FDP have agreed that building and…
Woman Tried To Rent A House From Facebook Was Scammed
A person who posted a fake house ad on Facebook in England defrauded a 60-year-old disabled woman. Authorities say that there are many such situations on Facebook and that users…
These books show what is going wrong in the real estate market
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf And again normal rental apartments became so-called “exclusive residential property”. It was like that in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, in Moabit and now also in Birkenstrasse. The Szymanski have lived there…
BGH ruling on rent caps for businesses in lockdown
Closed During the corona pandemic, many retailers lost their income – in many cases they had to keep paying rent. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt It is an important issue during the…
Why will the new rent pay interest
If you buy a property today, you will pay an average of 50 percent more than you did ten years ago. In some metropolitan areas, prices per square meter have…
The book by the Greens boss Baerbock is no longer sold – traffic light apparently wants to cap rent increases
A According to the outgoing party chairman Armin Laschet, the new CDU boss must be attractive to voters in the middle of the political spectrum. The CDU did not lose…