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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 ...

To rate a property correctly

If you want to sell your property, you first think about the possible proceeds that a sale would generate. In the past you had to rely solely on the expertise of an appraiser or real estate agent, nowadays other solutions are also available. Even for small amounts, the well-known real estate portals promise an objective evaluation of your house or your ...

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

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 ...

Highest grade for KRAFT Immobilien

As the only real estate agent in the Bonn / Rhein-Sieg area, KRAFT Immobilien was awarded the top rating of 5 stars by the business magazine "Capital". The October issue of the magazine states: “In Germany's 50 most important real estate markets, buyers and sellers can find very good brokers everywhere. For the first time, providers achieved top marks in all test areas in the Capital Makler-Kompass 2017 (edition 10/2017) ...