Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Interest rates excluding ECB (at exactly 0.0% for 6 years) are hardly moving, agreed. But the mortgage market rates in the current environment are a different beast: according to Dr. Klein, the 10-year loan rates have risen in the last 12 months from about 0.5% to currently just under 2%. Against that, the ECB at 0% can do nothing – IT has used up its powder!

The key interest rate has long been exhausted as a mechanism. Then came bond purchases. These can be expanded, both in quantity and type. But that also is finite.

At the moment there is simply a lot of speculation, see energy prices. The supply quantities have not changed, it’s all just in people’s heads.
There isn't a shortage of flour just because there is no more available.

Even though I usually don’t agree with , he is right here. What is being done at the moment has the opposite effect. The CO2 levy is based on the house and the heating behavior of the tenants. What is the consequence? It’s better to let a single person move in than a family. Lower hot water consumption, more frequent absences…

However, I am still renting very socially at 5 euros per sqm.

:rolleyes: I am inclined to detect a bit of sailor's yarn here. But since you have paid off your 50 rental apartments, my impression doesn’t bother you anyway... :-)

I have been waiting for that as a left-wing do-gooder. ;) There is no fundamental right to returns; they can continue to fall. This results in all unprofitable things being pushed out of the market and purchase prices falling accordingly. Perfect, problems solved. Except, of course, for people who insist on unearned income :cool:

Anyone who thinks from 12 to noon clicks Like on your post. My question to you: Where do new apartments come from in your scenario? Do you build them for free? No return, no new construction. This works excellently in all socialist countries, the thing without returns.

Anyone who thinks from 12 to noon clicks Like on your post. My question to you: Where do new apartments come from in your scenario? Are you building them for free? No profit, no new construction. This works excellently in all socialist countries, the matter without profit.

I was just about to write that too. There is no fundamental right to profit, yes. But then no one will create new living space either. So that cannot be in the interest of the tenants.

Does that mean there is no labeling requirement anymore in Germany? Or is parquet one of the exceptions?

Honestly, no idea. But since it was an exhibition, maybe it doesn't have to be. In bathroom exhibitions, nothing is ever labeled either. But that's just a guess, I don't really know.