Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

From 2023, only the kfw55 standard will be accepted, and a photovoltaic requirement may also be introduced.

The KfW55 obligation was already removed the day before yesterday, wasn't it??

KfW55 requirement was already removed the day before yesterday??

Is there a source for that? Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything about it. Everywhere it says EH55 will become mandatory according to the Building Energy Act.

Kfw55 standard was only recently abolished luckily.

Is there a source for that? Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything about it. Everywhere it says EH55 will become mandatory according to the Building Energy Act.

Thermal insulation requirements have been removed (yesterday? The day before? Something like that) Primary energy demand is still included, I think. I definitely also read that in regular media outlets, but I’m having trouble finding an article right now. If you google "dilution of the Building Energy Act" you will find, for example, something from the Lower Saxony Architects’ Chamber.

How do you see the development in the next few months?

Absolutely unpredictable, both for materials and interest rates. It simply depends on a lot of political decisions. If things go badly, energy-intensive companies will more or less shut down in a few weeks. Then you have no cement, no steel, no windows, no bricks. When there is almost no supply left, even a collapsing demand no longer helps. At the same time, you then have a massive recession against which no central bank can print money anymore. Of course, it can also be different and everything turns for the better. But then you also tend not to have a collapse in material prices. Alternatively, inflation can of course continue to rise, then interest rates also go up. The capital market is somewhat faster than the ECB.

On Saturday, there was a summer lull here.

A little breather, some have started their summer holidays.
Others watched the flood disaster on TV.
One should not complain about construction prices and material availability when there are those affected who still have more to do after a year, building their existence with their muscle mortgage.
That reminds me of "back then," when in 2013 there was such a severe storm that we had to wait for our roof tiles or roofers. Storm damage always has priority.