Defensive offer, or have house prices become so expensive?

But it's also Munich, you know.
In Berlin, you pay around 1200-3000 for a terraced house, depending on the micro-location and fittings.

Ok, Dresden will be different again, although if it’s really in the middle of the city and reasonably well maintained, I could imagine paying more than 1500 in Dresden too. But I don’t really know the area, I only know that prices have recently soared there.

Depends on the city – or the region. Here in the south of Munich, terraced houses with 140 sqm are already rented for 4500 euros. In the city, houses are five-figure sums.

What is so incredibly livable about Munich that people pay that?
Where is the price-performance ratio in all this?

I rather believe that has to do with the many solvent employers...

What is actually so incredibly livable about Munich that people are willing to pay for it? Where is the price-performance ratio there?

I rather think it has to do with the many solvent employers...

My brother-in-law and also my best man live in Munich and work for "solvent employers." As an outsider, I find the city cool every time. Both the city itself and especially the location around it. Just with the racing bike to Lake Starnberg, a quick trip by car down to Lake Walchen, and mountains for MTB, hiking, or skiing in winter.

There's simply everything. Also super quick to Italy and/or the Mediterranean.

I can well understand why it's so expensive there. As soon as you want to do anything with outdoor sports, it’s possible. Except for mudflat hiking.

I'll throw out something provocative now: Why even allow inheritances at all? Everything should fall to the state. One should be allowed to decide that everything is donated to a charitable institution. What would be the societal and economic consequences of that?

The level of inheritance tax can certainly be debated, but at 100% I'm out too. I also suspect that the majority of inheritances are rather small and rightfully benefit the heirs. Of course, there are outliers on the high end, but I don't have a problem with a few having too much, but with many having too little.

Two other questions: What would the real estate market look like if we had a significantly higher rate of homeownership? There is a lot of talk about affordable rent, and little about increasing the rate of homeownership.

And why do tax allowances for inheritance tax actually depend on the degree of kinship? Does that even still fit the times?

But it's Munich, you know. In Berlin, you pay about 1200-3000 for a terraced house, depending on the micro-location and features.

Our neighbor recently offered his new build (detached house) for 3500 euros rent. No idea if he actually rented it out for that price, but the listing is at least offline now. No S- or U-Bahn connection in the immediate vicinity. Only bus. Personally, I would have seen the pain threshold in Berlin and that location at 2500 euros as well. You need very solvent tenants who don't want to tie themselves to property and instead prefer to rent.