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The misappropriation of housing in metropolitan areas Part I

July 19, 2018 in General, Information for landlords and tenants, Housing Economy Bonn / Rhein-Sieg

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 ...

Buyer principle - the other side of the coin

6 April 2018 in General, Information for landlords and tenants, Housing Economy Bonn / Rhein-Sieg

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…

Absurd judgments on rental and housing law:

24 November 2017 in General, Information for buyers, Information for sellers, Information for landlords and tenants

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 ...

Home staging - a useful marketing tool or a dazzling device?

24 November 2017 in Information for sellers, Information for landlords and tenants

The term “home staging”, only known to the initiated a few years ago, has meanwhile also achieved a certain degree of familiarity in this country. Established in the USA in the 70s, where else too, today over 200 home staging agencies are already looking for potential customers on the Internet in Germany. And of course there is already a professional association with the beautiful name “German Society for ...