Residents without their own assets are being squeezed out of the housing market by tourists and due to financial considerations. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Department of Human Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) led by Professor Dr. Christian Steiner and Dr. Gerhard Rainer. Using the example of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, they have investigated the influence...
A vacation property in Mallorca is a real bargain compared to a condominium in Munich. Because while prospective buyers can acquire a vacation property with a floor space of 143.1 square meters for 400,000 euros in Mallorca, it is just 35.9 square meters for this price in Munich. That goes out from an analysis of Immoscout24. Nevertheless, Mallorca occupies only...
Every second newly built apartment is already infested with mold during the construction period and should not actually be occupied at all - this is the opinion of the Association of Private Builders (VPB), which has published a guidebook on the subject of "mold in new buildings". The causes of mold growth are manifold. In addition to the ubiquitous mold spores, wetness during the construction phase can also...
Putting on a sweater, wrapping up a blanket and heating less - that's what two-thirds of Germans would be willing to do in the winter to help make Germany more independent of energy supplies from Russia. This is the result of a survey conducted by the forsa opinion research institute on behalf of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) for the DBU Environmental Monitor "Energiewende und...
A broker cannot demand payment of the commission if he looks after prospective buyers who purchase the property at a later date at a lower price from another broker. This was decided by the Regional Court of Darmstadt (LG Darmstadt; 29 O 326/19). In the case at hand, an owner had entrusted a real estate agent with the sale of his property by contract until January 31, 2019. In this...
With which furniture owners or tenants should dig deep into their pockets when furnishing the interior and with which furniture they can save, the portal "deavita.com" has summarized. In the living room owners or tenants for sofas should rather spend somewhat more money and set on quality, so the opinion of the author Charlie Meier. High-quality sofas are usually not...
56 percent of German tenants consider their rent to be reasonable, 12 percent consider it to be low and 7 percent even consider it to be very low. This is the finding of the "Servicemonitor Wohnen" study conducted by the consulting firm Analyse & Konzepte immo.consult. Only 18 percent of respondents consider their rent to be too high and only 7 percent much too high. Depending on the target group...
The Bauherren-Schutzbund (BSB) has commissioned a short study entitled "The ten most common mistakes in the new construction and renovation of EFH and ZFH with heat pumps (avoid)" from the Institut für Bauforschung. This shows what builders of single-family houses (EFH) and two-family houses (ZFH) must pay particular attention to and how mistakes can be avoided. According to the BSB, the...
Through the interdisciplinary project "MEnergie - Meine Energiewende" (MEnergy - My Energy Transition), Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln), in collaboration with partners from the education, energy and technology sectors, aims to create greater acceptance for the energy transition in society. Among other things, social media as well as virtual and augmented reality will be used for this purpose. "The AR and...
An heir does not necessarily have to move into the family home within six months in order to benefit from an inheritance tax exemption. This has now been decided by the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) (II R 6/21). In the case at hand, the sole heir of a two-family house with two apartments and land did not move into one of the two apartments six months later, but around one and a half years later....
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