Does the real estate market increasingly force more families to build?

We used geoportals to find building gaps and then went there to see if it was suitable. After that, it was time to knock on the doors of neighbors and owners.

But don’t you think someone comes by every week trying to talk the owner into selling the property? At least that's how I imagine it around here. The empty plots here are reserved for children, etc., the people have enough money and don’t have to/want to sell.

You can only appeal to personal initiative. Of course, those who only focus on search engines on the internet and at most newspaper ads will not find anything this way. We used geoportals to find building gaps and then drove there to see if it fit. After that, it was door-to-door visits with neighbors and owners.

For the property search, certainly not wrong, but here it’s about families who actually wanted to buy and not build. Geoportals are not very helpful for them. There are plenty of building plots here and elsewhere, so I don't need to ask neighbors about the green field next door (if they even provide information because they don’t want construction noise).

Daycare is good here in the countryside with us. The district town has to distribute the children to the villages in the surrounding area. Problems that friends and acquaintances have in cities are unknown here.

Building land is scarce even where the fox and the hare say good night. On paper, building plots are available - more than enough. Unfortunately, grandma does not sell so that the grandson has 3 building plots to choose from in case he wants to move back to the countryside again. And this is not an exception. However, there is a subsidy program for the use of vacant houses. It used to be better and needs to be readjusted, but it is better than nothing and could minimize vacancies in some cities.

Obviously, we are currently experiencing a construction boom, at least if you read various media reports. In any case, I see many construction sites, especially when it comes to apartments and houses. So why is there no relief in the rental market when so many people are building?

Obviously, we currently have a construction boom, at least if you read various media reports

As always, relative: building permits are even slightly declining compared to last year if you read various media reports.

Then why is there no relief in the rental market when so many people are building?

- see above
- demand greater than supply

If you deal a little deeper with the matter, there is a slightly increasing supply opposed by a much stronger increasing demand.

Why?
We have an increasing number of households, despite a stagnant population. More single households, fewer multigenerational households.
Increasing sqm per capita. We afford more.
And a few other points.

The key figures therefore do not indicate a bubble (except possibly individual spots).
If prices should fall again at some point... then only if the economy worsens significantly. Everyone can assess for themselves if and when this will happen. Interest rates won’t do it for now... at least not in the short term. Initial recession fears are subsiding or easing...

Very clear. Thank you!