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    German home prices set for steady recovery over next two years, affordability to worsen: Reuters poll

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    Posted on September 16, 2025

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    Last updated: January 21, 2026

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    Quick Summary

    German home prices are set to rise 3% in 2025 after a decline, but affordability will worsen, according to a Reuters poll.

    Table of Contents

    • German Housing Market Outlook
    • Current Trends in Home Prices
    • Affordability Challenges for Buyers
    • Future Projections and Economic Factors

    German Housing Market Expected to Recover Gradually Over Two Years

    German Housing Market Outlook

    By Indradip Ghosh

    Current Trends in Home Prices

    BENGALURU (Reuters) -German home prices will rise 3% in 2025, after a two-year decline, and grow slightly faster through 2027, according to a Reuters poll of property experts who said affordability would worsen.

    Affordability Challenges for Buyers

    The real estate sector in Europe's biggest economy is gradually emerging from its deepest slump in decades, recent data showed, cushioned by the European Central Bank's cumulative 200 basis points of interest rate cuts.

    Future Projections and Economic Factors

    Home prices increased 3.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, the fastest quarterly growth since 2022, while home building permits - an indicator of future construction activity - surged 7.9% in June from a year earlier.

    However, broader subdued economic conditions pose risks to a sustained housing market recovery. Germany's economy contracted last quarter, dimming expectations of a prolonged recovery.

    Home prices will increase 3.0% in 2025, their first lift in three years, and 3.5% in 2026, the September 3-15 Reuters poll of 14 property analysts found. They fell 8.4% in 2023 and 1.5% last year.

    "The recovery in the housing market continues, despite stagnating affordability of purchasing residential real estate, and we do not see any indications of a reversal of this trend. However, the high level of uncertainty, both economically and geopolitically... is likely to continue to weigh on consumer confidence," said Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING.

    Eleven of the 14 analysts said affordability for first-time home buyers would worsen over the coming year, despite the ECB being expected to hold rates for a long period. 

    "A further substantial improvement in affordability is not foreseeable for the remainder of 2025 and the coming year," said Sebastian Wunsch, head of property economic analyses at GEWOS, an independent consulting and research institute.

    "Given the continued very low number of building permits for rental housing construction... the market situation is unlikely to change fundamentally in the foreseeable future," Wunsch said.

    Average urban home rents will increase 3%-5% over the coming year, according to the poll's median view, despite government plans to extend rent controls.

    (Other stories from the Q3 global Reuters housing poll)

    (Reporting by Indradip Ghosh; Polling by Debrah Gomes and Aman Kumar Soni; Editing by Susan Fenton)

    Key Takeaways

    • •German home prices expected to rise 3% in 2025.
    • •Affordability for buyers is projected to worsen.
    • •ECB's interest rate cuts support market recovery.
    • •Economic conditions pose risks to sustained recovery.
    • •Urban home rents to increase despite rent controls.

    Frequently Asked Questions about German home prices set for steady recovery over next two years, affordability to worsen: Reuters poll

    1What is the expected change in German home prices by 2025?

    German home prices are projected to increase by 3% in 2025, marking their first rise in three years after a decline.

    2How has the economic situation affected the housing market?

    Broader subdued economic conditions pose risks to a sustained recovery in the housing market, as Germany's economy contracted last quarter.

    3What are the predictions for affordability for first-time home buyers?

    Eleven out of 14 analysts predict that affordability for first-time home buyers will worsen over the coming year.

    4What is the outlook for urban home rents in Germany?

    Average urban home rents are expected to increase by 3%-5% over the coming year, despite government plans to extend rent controls.

    5What factors are contributing to the recovery of the housing market?

    The recovery is supported by a rise in home prices and an increase in building permits, indicating future construction activity.

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