Situation in the real estate market... madness

My parents supported me too – just the incidental costs of the purchase are a huge chunk, especially if a real estate agent is involved. I find it quite condescending to write as if it doesn’t matter at all just because the family helps.

Don’t worry, that wasn’t meant to be condescending, anyone else would also take the money. I just additionally wonder whether it can permanently continue like this, that acquiring property is no longer a matter of one’s own income situation and saving discipline, but increasingly depends on the financial means of the (grand)parents. There was also an interesting article in DIE WELT recently that confirmed this trend. However, there can be no doubt that gifted/inherited money is generally spent more easily than money saved oneself.

Well, it has always been like that(?). To those who have, more is given. That's why the rich get richer and the poor stay where they are.

Oh? That's not true at all?

depends on the point of view.

Although I was born as a citizen of the GDR, I then grew up in Braunschweig until school age... so I see myself more as an all-German. And the problem is: unfortunately, all the prejudices apply to a handful of representatives. (And as long as these extreme examples are repeatedly picked up by the lying press, I complain to myself here and vote incorrectly. Well, one should still be allowed to say that.)

There was also an interesting article about this recently in DIE WELT, which confirmed this trend.

...and I once read (paraphrased) that the current generation of buyers in their mid-30s wants to own what their parents worked for during their lifetime, but no longer wants to wait 25 years for it.

If you then want to transfer a comparable homeownership from the countryside to the city, desires and reality simply no longer match. I don’t see a fundamental problem here – making compromises or relocating was possible back then with university too.

that the current generation of buyers in their mid-30s wants to own what their parents have earned over the course of their lives,

Cf. Gitte Haenning: "Ich will alles"

I also wonder whether it can continue permanently that acquiring homeownership is no longer a matter of one's own income situation and saving discipline, but increasingly depends on the financial means of the (grand)parents

This question can clearly be answered with "yes." It continues to be the case that parents have the desire for their children to have a better life and therefore want to give them the best possible start. After "fat years" comes an inheriting generation. After "lean years" a generation of buildup. Earning something with discipline is a commendable achievement. Maintaining and passing on wealth over many generations is as well, although not an individual achievement.