Economic Bulletin of December 10, 2012
German Cities To See Further Rises in Housing Prices and Rents in 2013 (PDF, 346.99 KB)
By: Konstantin A. Kholodilin and Andreas Mense in: DIW Economic Bulletin 12/2012.
Over the past few years, prices and rents for flats went up in most German cities. This trend is expected to continue in 2013. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Frankfurt am Main will still see the highest increases in property prices and rents. In these cities, housing prices are rising much faster than rents. By contrast, stagnating or even falling prices are forecast for the cities in the Ruhr area.