Five years in a row: ADEN Immobilien named “Top Company” on Kununu

Your property is no longer right for you. It’s too small for you and your growing family, or too big now that the kids have left home. Yet now you are wondering about selling up during the lockdown – how do you go about organising the actual move? Are you even allowed to use the services of a removal company right now?  

In principle, there hasn’t been a ban on house moves at any point during the lockdown in Germany. Removal companies are working more or less “normally”, whilst adhering to the social-distancing and hygiene rules. As […]

In the first half of 2025, the Berlin real estate market recorded a marked increase in transaction activity. The Expert Committee for Property Values in Berlin (Gutachterausschuss) registered 10,864 purchase transactions, representing an increase of 16 percent compared with the same period of the previous year. Transaction volume rose by 13 percent to a total of EUR 6.9 billion [1]. Price developments varied by asset class. Condominium prices increased on average by 4 percent. New-build apartments recorded a nominal price increase of 12 percent. This figure was significantly influenced by micro-apartments; excluding this special segment, the price increase for new-build apartments was also 4 percent [1]. In the segment of residential rental buildings, the number of transactions rose by 12 percent, while prices increased by 6 percent [1]. Alongside the market recovery, key regulatory instruments were extended. In June 2025, the German Bundestag approved the nationwide extension of the rent cap (Mietpreisbremse) until 31 December 2029; the Bundesrat gave its approval in July 2025 [2][10]. At the state level, the Berlin Senate extended the conversion regulation (Umwandlungsverordnung) by five years. It entered into force on 13 March 2025 and applies to 81 social preservation areas [3]. The property tax reform also came into effect on 1 January 2025. The State of Berlin set the assessment rate for property tax B at 470 percent [4]. On 11 July 2025, the Expert Committee published the 2025 cost value factors (Sachwertfaktoren), based on an analysis of 3,297 purchase transactions from 2022 to 2024 [5]. In addition, the Berlin Senate issued a rent limitation ordinance in April 2025, ensuring the application of the rent cap from 1 June to 31 December 2025 [6].

Legislation and Regulation 2025 Property Tax Reform The property tax reform came into force nationwide on 1 January 2025. Berlin applies the federal valuation model, which is based on a comprehensive reassessment of all properties. […]

Breaking News: The deadline for filing property tax returns has been extended! The property tax return must now be submitted by January 31, 2023.^[a] The German government has revised the calculation of property tax. As a result, all owners of land or real estate must submit electronically completed declarations of assessment. But what exactly are the rules and what values must owners declare?

The assessed values which were last determined in 1964 (in West Germany) and 1935 (in East Germany) form the basis of the calculation of the current property tax.[1]. With its ruling on 10 April 2018,[2] the Federal […]