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Dream real estate on the Costa del Sol

The cooperation with one of the most exclusive Spanish real estate brokers gives us the opportunity to regularly present you high-quality houses and condominiums. All offers can also be found on our homepage under "Foreign Real Estate". If you would like further offers, please do not hesitate to contact us. Unique gem right on the beach - villa for sale near Estepona Description: A truly…

Download the new KRAFT app now!

Would you like to rent an apartment or buy a house? You can now download the BETA version of the new KRAFT app from the Apple store or the Google Playstore. Set up a search request with your desired criteria and you will immediately receive a push message when we add a new property to our portfolio, long before it is published in the real estate portals ...

The new data protection regulation also affects landlords!

On May 25, 2018, the new European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. Every landlord collects data from his tenants. For example, the bank details, Schufa information, utility bills and others to process them yourself or, for example, to have them processed by the property management. Even if a broker can relieve the landlord of various tasks, he still remains in ...

The misappropriation of housing in metropolitan areas Part I

How the rental price brake is circumvented through Zeitwohnen In the late summer of 2016, about a year after the introduction of the rental price brake, an outcry went through the German press landscape. “Zeit”, “Süddeutsche”, “Handelsblatt” and others had surprisingly discovered that the makers of the rent brake had been tricked. The combination of furnished rental and temporary living had unexpectedly opened up a business model for some landlords ...

How do I recognize a good real estate agent?

This question is often asked on the Internet and, conveniently, the answers are usually provided directly. However, if you take a closer look at the individual criteria, the picture is much more differentiated. We have summarized this for you in a short question-and-answer game. This can be used to identify circumstantial evidence that, taken as a whole, indicates ...

Buyer principle - the other side of the coin

After the then grand coalition had introduced the ordering principle on June 01.06st, 2015, the jubilation among the German tenants' association was initially great, because the amendment, which also introduced the rent brake in metropolitan areas, was intended to generally relieve tenants. The ineffectiveness of the rent brake has been discussed exhaustively in recent years. In conclusion, it can be said that it failed. But…

KRAFT Immobilien has the largest online reach of all Bonn real estate agencies

Since half a year the company Immonia from Cologne evaluates all broker websites in Germany, which are placed on Google to market relevant search terms. The company came to the conclusion that the page www.kraft-bonn.de among the approx. 300 competitors in Bonn is by far the most frequently found and visited. A big incentive to further expand our online activities.

Absurd judgments on rental and housing law:

The original plan was to publish a column at this point. But we decided to simply let German dishes speak for themselves, because reality surpasses any satire. Below are two groundbreaking judgments about cute silverfish and dazzling chimneys. Property law: glare from stainless steel chimney - tolerance obligation! Glare from a neighbour's stainless steel chimney must be tolerated if this ...

Beware of broker comparison portals!

They are called "123-Broker", "realbest", "Hausgold" etc. For about two years so-called "broker comparison portals" have been doing mischief on the Internet. The cool start-ups, now over two hundred, all have a business model. You buy ads on Google and place yourself in the top search results when looking for a real estate agent in a certain city. The advertising messages are almost ...