Housing Price Index Q3/2026: "Rising Interest Rates Are Fatal"
October 16, 2026

Housing Price Index Q3/2026: "Rising Interest Rates Are Fatal"

“The latest rise in interest rates is fatal. […] But the real bad news hits new construction. Here it is not prices that are falling, it is realisation of new buildings that is collapsing,” says Dr Reiner Braun in his latest commentary on the Q3/2026 data of the empirica housing price index. This time, purchase prices are rising more strongly, while rents continue their steady rise regardless.
empirica Forecasts 2023/2024

empirica Forecasts 2023/2024

February 3, 2023

With the annual update of the forecasts by empirica and empirica regio, current data on the development of population, households, demand for new …
Housing Price Index Q4/2022: Rents rise, prices fall

Housing Price Index Q4/2022: Rents rise, prices fall

January 13, 2023

With Q3/2022, the indices for owner-occupied flats as well as one- and two-family houses declined on average nationwide for the first time since 2013. …
CBRE-empirica-Vacancy-Index 2022

CBRE-empirica-Vacancy-Index 2022

December 2, 2022

According to the CBRE-empirica-Vacancy-Index, the market-active vacancy rate - i.e. flats that can be let immediately or activated in the medium term …
Housing Price Index Q3/2022: Rents rise, prices fall

Housing Price Index Q3/2022: Rents rise, prices fall

October 13, 2022

In the observation of advertised purchase prices, Q3/2022 saw a break in the trend that had already become apparent in Q2. On a nationwide average …