Defensive offer, or have house prices become so expensive?

In order for the current heirs to be treated approximately the same as the heirs from 10 years ago, the tax exemptions must be adjusted accordingly, otherwise they are at a disadvantage. In individual cases, this can even lead to the loss of the property.

As I said, the poor poor current heirs. I really feel sorry for them. These are also the current problems: what is the KFW funding stop, the skyrocketing land and construction costs, the rising energy prices, the increasing energy regulations compared to the fact that the heirs now have to pay 50k more inheritance tax on a property that is worth at least 50% more. Sorry, but I can't say this without irony.

What bad luck that it wasn’t inherited before the boom ... As I said, your "problem" is a very small, personal "problem." Actually, it’s not even a problem but a lottery win. Socially, your "problem" is probably the smallest of the current boom.

I find that quite short-sighted. If the properties end up back with speculators or the banks because the owners can’t hold onto them, it will further worsen the housing situation in the cities.

As I said, the poor poor current heirs. I really feel sorry for them. These are the current problems, what about the KFW funding stop, the skyrocketing land and construction costs, the rising energy prices, the increasing energy regulations compared to the fact that heirs now pay 50k more inheritance tax on a property that is worth at least 50% more. Sorry, but I can’t say this without irony.

I have all these problems too, or what did you think?
Apparently, everyone here thinks an inheritance is the same as winning the lottery. I find that strange, especially since you yourselves have just taken out tens of thousands in loans to pay off your house. You now have to work your entire life for that, just like me and my father before me and his father before him. When you die, should your children have to take out a loan on your house again so they don’t have to sell it? On the same house you worked and paid for your whole life (in most cases). So if you find that okay, then I stand alone with my opinion and accept that.

First of all, I don't really understand the fuss. Everyone who builds here sooner or later has a similar problem if the tax exemptions don’t increase accordingly.

I don’t know. My parents are certainly well above the typical inheritance with a house of their own and two apartments as investment properties. But with my third, I’m still quite far from the exemption limit, even without anyone moving into the house. Sure, that can still change, they were both born in '58 and still have several years ahead of them. But your claim that completely normal people are being dispossessed through inheritance is simply completely wrong. To be seriously affected by inheritance tax, you have to inherit a pretty substantial estate. Your problem is rather the inheritance tax itself. But I have to tell you, taxes annoy every one of us. I would also like to keep all my salary. After all, I worked for it and not the tax office ;)

Sorry, but this thick-skinned attitude can't seriously be meant. If you have worked hard all your life, why can't you pay the 3.75% (provided the 2 million and 75k are correct)? Why doesn't the house generate that? Why should the public pay for your preference for large inner-city properties? Why do the grandchildren need a 2 million student pad?

Quite obviously, your grandpa and your father were already lucky that their earned wealth even experienced this increase in value. And as it looks, you will also be lucky enough to benefit from it. And the grandchildren are already ready to go.

Somehow, you were also unlucky that your father didn't give you a good beating in time :p

Can we dial back the personal attacks a bit? This is an inherently interesting topic.

My parents-in-law are also on that track, thinking that we would move into their house or their grandchildren would. Absurd. My husband also feels uneasy at the thought of selling the house where he and his siblings grew up. It shifts the burden of decision onto the children and grandchildren. That should not be forgotten. It is an avoidance of a decision. You also have to let go of things in order to live freely. One should not attach memories and appreciation to old things if it becomes a burden. My parents moved so often for work reasons that for us the fixed point was rather the grandparents' house. We all have photos and individual memorabilia from it. Keeping the house in the family – that can be done with vacation homes, but not as a "normal earner" with properties of that scale. (As millionaires, on the other hand, you can certainly leave villas empty for a few decades.)

I find that quite short-sighted. If the properties go back to speculators or banks because the owners can't keep them, it further exacerbates the housing situation in the cities.

I see that differently as well. You say that two more single-family houses can be built on the property; surely a small multi-family house would also fit. So it would create living space. The situation would be worsened more by, for example, a grandchild living alone there while studying, but not if a multi-family house with 5 units goes up. But that is also your right, after all, you are the owner and can do what you want. The evil, evil investors do not always worsen the housing situation.