Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

There is some truth to that, I am in favor of rescuing system-critical companies (so for example not Lufthansa, but a power grid operator), but then in return for an appropriate nationalization of the company shares. That does not mean that the manager should suddenly become a civil servant. But the supervisory board also includes persons appointed by the owner (also not necessarily politicians).

Regarding the ventilation effect with fly screens, I already have the impression that less air passes through, especially on days without wind. However, it is not the case that nothing passes through or that the air becomes stuffy.

How expensive is it just to cushion the consequences of a corporation's collapse? To stay with Lufthansa, it doesn’t only affect Lufthansa’s staff. A few years ago, I flew during a Lufthansa strike. At Frankfurt Airport, it was a dead calm. There is more going on there at night. Suddenly, a hairdresser in a small town 60 km from the airport notices it because a security company had to lay off its staff.
It bothers me that usually a private bankruptcy of the owner follows the hairdresser’s insolvency, while the corporate board receives a severance package.

Energy should remain affordable and, in my opinion, the traffic light coalition must take care of that. Energy costs run through all production chains, whether it’s a tomato or a roof tile.

We have different fly screens; I cannot tell that the draft is slowed down.

We had the building inspection yesterday (prefabricated house in timber frame construction) and on that occasion also asked the site manager whether prices would now gradually decrease again, since wood is becoming cheaper to obtain and due to the decline in interested buyers. He did confirm that wood has become cheaper, but all other materials have increased or continue to increase. Their preferred brick manufacturer will no longer produce clay bricks and concrete bricks will cost 20% more from 01.10. In his place of residence, some building plots were returned to the municipality but were immediately resold to other interested parties. He said that a decline in interested builders has not yet been noticeable at his company.

How expensive is it just to cushion the consequences of a corporation's bankruptcy? To stick with Lufthansa, it doesn't only affect Lufthansa's personnel. I flew during a Lufthansa strike a few years ago. At Frankfurt Airport, it was dead. There is usually more going on at night. Suddenly, a hairdresser 60 km away from the airport notices because a security company had to lay off its staff.

It obviously depends heavily on the corporation and the causes. You certainly can never cushion everything at this point, nor should that be the goal. Some ups and downs in regions and industries are perfectly normal, even though many believe the status quo is set in stone. For example, if Lufthansa no longer exists, a competitor will surely be found to take over a larger share of the flights from Frankfurt. Security personnel can also be employed elsewhere and currently seem to be in high demand. With cushioning, the specific personnel was less meant here, since we already have unemployment insurance for that. It certainly has its good and less good sides, but the problems could be addressed if desired. However, for example, the banks were rescued with dozens of hundreds of billions because it was feared that the financial system would eventually stop granting loans to companies. Now the state owns worthless securities. A very indirect way to steer this. Iceland, for example, did it differently by splitting off the still functioning part and letting the bad part go bankrupt. Along with an economic stimulus program to cushion the consequences. That isn’t cheap either, but certainly more sustainable than the state endlessly holding on to the trash and the banks basically continuing as before.

We had the building inspection yesterday (prefabricated house in timber frame construction) and took the opportunity to ask the site manager whether prices would gradually decrease now since wood is becoming cheaper to obtain and due to the decline in interested buyers. He did confirm that wood has become cheaper, but all other materials have increased or continue to increase. Their preferred brick manufacturer will no longer produce clay bricks and concrete bricks will cost 20% more starting from 01.10. In his hometown, some building plots were returned to the municipality but were immediately resold to other interested parties. He said that a decline in interested builders has not yet been noticeable at his company.

Many prospective builders still first buy the plot to exhaust the building deadline and watch how the situation develops for 2-3 years. At least this is often the case around here. They can always return it later. Ancillary purchase costs are then lost, though.

The construction industry will collapse—not today, but tomorrow or the day after. At this interest rate level and monthly payments of €2,000 - €3,000, even the upper middle class can no longer afford it.

Saw it this morning on NTV: electric cars are becoming less attractive and are already not profitable with current electricity prices compared to gasoline or diesel cars. Used car prices are skyrocketing. New car prices even more so.
What I want to say is: it’s not just real estate purchases, things like two cars per household and similar are becoming a luxury. We are currently losing immense wealth and unfortunately, some "hard" years are coming for us.

Their preferred brick manufacturer will no longer produce clay bricks and the concrete bricks will cost 20% more from 01.10.

Nelskamp? My general contractor just told me the same. Fortunately, I only need the bricks for the carport, so I can still bear 20% more.