Overview
- Berlin’s state housing companies, which presented the figures Wednesday, now hold 404,170 apartments after buying almost 49,000 and building about 43,000 since 2016.
- The average rent in existing state-owned units was €7.09 per square meter in 2025, under the city’s €7.21 rent index based on 2023 data.
- That comparison is imperfect because the companies count subsidized units, which the Mietspiegel rent index does not include.
- New leases at the state firms averaged €9.31 per square meter last year, while portal listings averaged €17.76 with no proof those offers became signed rents and many flats not listed online.
- Tenants now stay about 25 years in these homes versus 18 a decade ago, which has pushed annual turnover down to 4% and left far fewer apartments available to new renters.