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The latest data from the empirica property price index for Q1/2025 is available. In the last quarter, asking purchase prices for new builds rose slightly. There are now also signs of a slight increase in existing properties. Rents continued to rise, albeit at a slightly lower rate than last year.

The empirica bubble index shows the regional spread of a bubble risk. The price-income (-1 pts.) and multiplier (-4 pts.) sub-indices are falling. By contrast, the construction loans sub-index (+2 pts.) is rising slightly, while the completions sub-index remains unchanged (+/- 0 pts.).

The latest data from the empirica property price index for Q4/2024 is now available. The advertised average prices for new-build apartments are thus once again setting new records, while advertised average prices for single-family homes are stagnating at a lower level. Advertised rents have remained unaffected by the crisis or have even risen consistently as a result.

• Median contract rent will be EUR 7.21 per m² in 2023
• Strongest increase in new contract rents in Dahme-Spreewald, lowest rents in Central Saxony
• City of Munich most expensive place to live in Germany at EUR 16.30 per m² - increase of 21 per cent in five years

The empirica housing market index is available up to Q3/2024. In the current quarter, asking prices for new builds continued to rise. Purchase prices for existing properties remained stable. The increase in rents also remained, but weakened somewhat compared to the previous quarter.

Immigration from abroad to Germany remains at a high level in 2023, even if it is significantly lower than in the previous year. A recent analysis by economic and property data provider empirica regio GmbH shows that Germany recorded net immigration of around 660,000 people in 2023. After almost 1.5 million net immigrants in 2022 and a good 1.1 million immigrants in 2015, this is still the third-highest figure since 1992. With a good 121,000 net immigrants, Ukrainians make up the largest group of immigrants.