Berlin Real Estate: Apartments and Houses in Germany's Capital

Half of listings ask between €495,000 and €1,450,000. The median home is 134 m², which is high for a city flat market and suggests that houses and large apartments are well represented in our data.

Apartments account for 503 listings, houses 277, commercial 93, penthouses 22, land 16 and villas 7. Three-bedroom homes are most common (200), then five-plus (154), four-bedroom (149), two-bedroom (177) and one-bedroom (96). Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg and Charlottenburg are central and expensive; Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain and Neukölln are younger and mixed; Pankow, Zehlendorf and Wannsee have villas and houses. The BER airport serves the region.

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Berlin's property transfer tax is 6% of the price, notary and land-register fees add about 1.5-2%, and the agent's commission is split between buyer and seller, normally 3.57% each including VAT. Total buyer costs are roughly 10-11%. Check whether a flat is in a social preservation area (Milieuschutz), where conversions and some renovations are restricted and the city may have pre-emption rights. Tenants in occupied flats have strong protections, so owner-occupation claims face limits. Banks lend to foreigners with 30-40% equity. See the Germany buying guide and financing, and compare Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf or Cologne.