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Housing market figures for Germany

The latest published figure for each housing metric in Germany, with the organisation that published it. Figures that have not been confirmed are not shown.

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Prices

House price index

100.5

Period
2026 Q2
Breakdown
property type: existing dwellings · base period: 2025=100

Source Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Destatis house price index (2025=100), Germany, quarterly

Data source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online; Data licence by-2-0

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House price index

101.2

Period
2026 Q2
Breakdown
property type: new dwellings · base period: 2025=100

Source Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Destatis house price index (2025=100), Germany, quarterly

Data source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online; Data licence by-2-0

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House prices, change on a year earlier

0.5%

Period
2026 Q2
Breakdown
real or nominal: nominal · property type: existing dwellings

Source Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Destatis house price index, change on the year-earlier quarter (%), Germany, quarterly

Data source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online; Data licence by-2-0

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House prices, change on a year earlier

1.5%

Period
2026 Q2
Breakdown
real or nominal: nominal · property type: new dwellings

Source Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Destatis house price index, change on the year-earlier quarter (%), Germany, quarterly

Data source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online; Data licence by-2-0

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House prices, change on a year earlier

12.7%

Period
2021 Q3
Breakdown
real or nominal: nominal

Source Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Destatis house price index, change on the year-earlier quarter (%), Germany, quarterly

Data source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online; Data licence by-2-0

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Interest rates and lending

Average mortgage interest rate

4.01%

Period
2026-08
Breakdown
lender type: banks · rate type: new business all fixation periods

Source Deutsche Bundesbank · Bundesbank MFI interest rates (BBIM1): effective interest rate, new business, housing loans to households, Germany (SUD131Z)

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank

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New mortgage lending

€17,891,000,000

Period
2026-08

Source Deutsche Bundesbank · Bundesbank MFI interest rate statistics (BBIM1): new business volume, housing loans to households, Germany (SUD231)

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank

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Articles about Germany

  1. Germany mortgage rates rise to 4.01% in August 2026

    · Germany

    The average rate on new bank mortgage lending in Germany edged up in August 2026 and stood above both the previous month and a year earlier, according to Deutsche Bundesbank data.

  2. Germany new-build price growth holds at 1.5% in 2026 Q2

    · Germany

    Annual price growth for new dwellings in Germany was unchanged in 2026 Q2 from the previous quarter, according to Destatis, and below the pace recorded a year before.

  3. Germany new dwelling prices dip slightly in 2026 Q2

    · Germany

    Destatis figures show Germany's price index for new dwellings edged down in 2026 Q2 from the previous quarter but stayed higher than a year earlier.

  4. Germany house prices edge up in 2026 Q2

    · Germany

    Destatis figures show Germany's index for existing dwellings at 100.5 in 2026 Q2, a small gain on both 2026 Q1 and 2025 Q2.

  5. Germany house price growth slows in 2026 Q2

    · Germany

    Annual growth in prices of existing dwellings in Germany eased to 0.5% in 2026 Q2, according to Destatis, continuing a slowdown from 3.6% in 2025 Q3.

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