(Bloomberg) -- Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for German chancellor, has vowed to rapidly implement a 15-point plan if he secures power after the Feb. 23 election. The immediate measures ...

Black and Muslim people are disproportionately discriminated against on the real estate market in Germany, according to a new study. Just having a foreign-sounding name can lead to fewer apartment ...

High housing costs and a lack of affordable accommodation have joined migration and the war in Ukraine as top campaign issues as German parties gear up for early elections. Housing Minister Klara ...

Skyrocketing interest rates around the globe have culminated in a worldwide housing crisis as economies deal with the problem of burgeoning unaffordable housing. Germany, Europe's largest economy, has ...

The center-left Social Democrats, set to head Germany's new government, made affordable housing a centerpiece of their campaign. Now they will have to show they can ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Property sector news every morning. Germany’s property market avoided the cycle of boom and bust that floored other European countries ...

From occupying buildings in Berlin to street protests in Munich, housing shortages and high rents are driving people in Germany to take action. Now politicians have gathered in the capital for a ...

A protest against the planned development in Rummelsburg. Photo: Emily Manthei The David-versus-Goliath fight against Germany’s property boom has ignited housing activists, urban planners and ...

MUNICH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Firas swapped civil war in Syria for a chaotic refugee camp in Germany. Now he wants a home. Since January 2016, the 28-year-old graduate has lived in three ...

Few Western countries are as conservative about home ownership as Germany, where less than half the country's citizens own property. German banks have tough lending rules. Would-be buyers are usually ...