{
  "id": 17208287,
  "title": "Real Estate: These are the ten German cities with the highest house prices and rents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/immobilien-das-sind-die-zehn-deutschen-stadte-mit-den-hochsten",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T09:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/immobilien/immobilien-in-diesen-regionen-legen-die-wohnungspreise-besonders-stark-zu/100170988.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany is experiencing a housing shortage and rising property prices, with experts warning of the consequences of increasing interest rates. According to a new index from Empirica Regio, new-build rents rose by 3.8% and existing rents by 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. The average price of a new-build apartment in Germany is €5,230 per square meter, with the highest prices found in the Munich area. The index also shows strong regional differences, with prices in some areas rising sharply while others have seen declines, and experts predicting that prices may soon fall due to rising interest rates.",
  "summary": "Existing apartments have become more expensive in the third quarter than new buildings. Exclusive data from Germany's 400 districts shows where housing has become more expensive and where it has become cheaper.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}