Overview
- National listing rents for unfurnished apartments rose 0.5% quarter over quarter in July–September, down from 0.7% in Q2, and were flat in real terms.
- Compared with a year earlier, asking rents were up about 4%, which project lead Jonas Zdrzalek called the smallest annual increase since late 2021.
- City patterns diverged, with Leipzig up 1.1% and Düsseldorf up 0.7%, while Hamburg fell 0.2% and Berlin slipped 0.3% versus the previous quarter.
- In North Rhine-Westphalia, portal rents increased 0.7% on the quarter after a 0.9% rise in Q2, with gains in Hamm (+1.8%), Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal (both +1.6%) and declines in Bielefeld (-1.3%), Bocholt (-0.6%) and Münster (-0.4%).
- The Greix-Mietpreisindex compiles listings from property platforms and realtor sites across 37 cities and regions, and it may miss some cheaper privately brokered rentals.