Why don't construction prices go down?

For 2023, consumers must again expect an increase in costs. According to calculations by the comparison portal Verivox, network charges will rise by an average of 20.4 percent nationwide in 2023.

Exemplarily, the electricity price. There was talk here about falling electricity prices and a return to the target corridor for inflation. Interest rate cuts are necessary.

Nothing of the sort is coming. On the contrary. Interest rates will continue to rise. One only has to look at the bond market. It is already anticipating significant interest rate hikes. Attention, attention!

The municipal utilities in Magdeburg increased their prices for drinking water over the weekend. Consumers now pay €2.15 per cubic meter of water, instead of the previous €1.99. The municipal utilities justify the price increase with higher expenses – such as increased construction and operating costs, as well as procurement prices.
However, the Magdeburg municipal utilities are not alone with the price increase – Halberstadt also raised the drinking water prices on Saturday (€2.21 per cubic meter) and Halle already at the beginning of the year (to €2.48 per cubic meter).

The water price in Munich currently amounts to 1.76 euros gross. As a comparison.

A containment of inflation is not to be expected.

Increase of 15 cents per cubic meter of water amounts to about €20 per year with my consumption. uh, in 2024 I will skip canteen meals 3 times a year and take an apple to work. So what...
Kita is supposed to cost €150 more, that scares me much more. Not that it affects me, my teenager is done with the topic.
Otherwise, reading various posts here makes me feel like I’m at an AfD event. Not that I have ever been to one, but that’s roughly how I imagine it. Nicely stirring everyone up without explaining exactly why, what for, or how. Leaving out background and facts. Throwing numbers around (see price for cubic meter of water) which ultimately “doesn’t change much.”
Of course, the country currently has problems, of course the second step was taken before the first regarding the energy transition. But posts filled with cheap populism certainly don’t solve this problem either.

Anyone who wants to read a short article about what could be done is welcome to search for "Sozialer Wohnungsbau Warum Wiener günstig wohnen." Those who prefer something more detailed can search for "Wiener Wohnbau BDB Jahrbuch."

For 2023, consumers must again expect an increase in costs. According to calculations by the comparison portal Verivox, network charges will rise by an average of 20.4 percent nationwide in 2023.

An example is the electricity price. Here, there was talk of falling electricity prices

I just signed up for 24 cents per kWh. I don’t know where you saw electricity prices not falling this year. But I am currently reducing my electricity price by 30% compared to the previous year. That amounts to 800€ for one year.

Anyone who wants to read a short article about what could be done should search for "Sozialer Wohnungsbau Warum Wiener günstig wohnen". Those who prefer it in detail should search for "Wiener Wohnbau BDB Jahrbuch".

Didn’t feel like reading the articles. Are the immense disadvantages in Vienna mentioned there as well? For example, the ability to pass on ALL additional costs to the rent, fixed-term leases without cause, the poor financial situation of Wiener Wohnen (no maintenance expenses anymore, hardly any new buildings, etc.)? I generally find the Vienna model (started about 100 years ago) good. But it is currently getting completely out of hand and is not just transferable that easily.

You only have to look at the bond market. It already anticipates significant interest rate hikes. Attention, attention!

No, the yield curve is currently inverted.