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Housing

Germany · 21 indicators

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Germany — Property price index

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.House price index (Notaires-INSEE); tracks property prices, base 100 at a reference year.
154index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Eurostat· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Housing cost burden

Share of income households spend on housing (rent or loan plus costs); above 40% is considered overburden.
24.1%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Housing construction

Number of dwellings authorised or started; a leading barometer of the construction sector.
62.8K​
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Home ownership rate

Share of households owning their home; a marker of wealth and residential stability.
47.2%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Overcrowding

Share of overcrowded dwellings (too many people per room); an indicator of inadequate housing.
11.7%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — House price change (YoY)

Year-on-year change in existing-dwellings prices.
0.5%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 06/2026
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Germany — New dwellings price index

Quarterly price index of new dwellings, base 2015=100.
152index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Eurostat· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Actual rents YoY

Annual change in actual rents paid by households (HICP CP041).
2.2%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Housing cost overburden

Share of population spending >40% of disposable income on housing.
11.2%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Severe housing deprivation

Share in overcrowded households with leaks/no bath/dark dwelling.
1.9%
2023
Source: Eurostat· Data 2023
Upd. 05/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Owner-occupier share

Share of population owning their dwelling (with or without mortgage).
47.2%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Owners with mortgage

Share owning with outstanding mortgage.
24%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Outright owners

Share owning outright (no mortgage).
23.3%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Tenant share

Share renting (market + reduced/free).
52.8%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Tenant — market price

Share renting at market price.
46.8%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Tenant — reduced/free

Share renting at reduced price or for free (social housing, in kind).
6%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Building permits — single-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of one-dwelling permits.
50.5index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Eurostat· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 11/2026
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Germany — Building permits — multi-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of 2+ dwelling permits.
68.83index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Eurostat· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 11/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Rooms per person — flat

Average number of rooms per person living in a flat — overcrowding proxy.
1.6ratio
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Cost overburden — poverty

Cost-overburden rate among population below 60% of median equivalised income.
35%
2025
Source: Eurostat· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Germany — Household credit

Outstanding credit to households as % of GDP. Measures structural household leverage.
49.9% GDP
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 06/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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