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March 17, 2023 General / Politics

Continuation: Reduced Lending Values ​​by EU Directive?

The remaining useful life of a property is of crucial importance for its mortgage lending value. A reduced remaining service life specified by the EU directive

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March 16, 2023 General / Taxes

Save taxes with the EU

The remaining useful life of buildings has been significantly reduced since yesterday. This also has tax implications: legal basis According to Article 9 of the

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March 14, 2023 General / Politics

Hard to believe: the end of the new building activity immediately?

Today it is in the press that the European Parliament will more or less immediately stop all building activity in Europe

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March 8, 2023 General / Politics

What do US government bonds have to do with the German real estate market?

What different markets are there? Everywhere the press writes that the real estate boom of the last few years is over and single-family houses or

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10 May 2022 General / Politics

Piston seizure

Rental excluded! According to the Guthmann market report, the median asking price for Berlin properties for sale as of May 02.05.2022nd, 5.370 is around 0,8 euros/sqm. At XNUMX% interest

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21 April 2022 General / Politics

20 years tenancy

I was admitted to the bar in the summer of 2002, which means it will be 20 years this year. During that time there was

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16 April 2021 General / Justice / office management / Politics / Taxes

Clubhouse 9:XNUMX - the relaxed real estate talk

From April to June, I always met Christopher Brée in the clubhouse on Mondays at 20.30 p.m. to relax about

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July 29, 2020 General / Justice

District office Pankow puts an action under penalty payment

Legal guarantee and entitlement to justice Article 19 (4) of the Basic Law is a central norm for our rule of law. Will someone through that

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19 May 2020 General

Merseburg District Court

Occasionally I also work outside of the office, for example today at a hearing at the local court in Merseburg. Merseburg is one

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12 May 2020 General

Guest contribution: Corona impact on the property market and risk minimization. By Nicolas Stelter

Many property owners are currently concerned with the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the value of their property. We are currently from

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8 April 2020 General

Guest post: New cancellation joker? ECJ strengthens consumer rights. By Christian shoulder

With its judgment of March 26, 2020 (Az. C-66/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) used one in millions of German loan agreements

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March 30, 2020 General / Politics

Guest contribution: Preliminary assessment of the COVID 19 bankruptcy suspension law (COVInsAG). By Philip Karrenstein

The Bundestag and Bundesrat have the law to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in civil, bankruptcy and criminal procedural law in no time

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March 29, 2020 General / Condominium Law

Guest contribution: rental moratorium and bankruptcy law in corona times. By Wilfried Stechow

As of March 29.03.2020, 27.03.2020 In the article dated March 25.03.2020, XNUMX, the regulations on tenancy law in corona times are based on those adopted by the Bundestag on March XNUMX, XNUMX

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March 27, 2020 General

Corona law: suspension of payments due to loss of rent

Content of the legal regulation On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, the Bundestag unanimously passed a bill to mitigate the consequences of the

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March 22, 2020 General / Politics

Structural changes in the real estate market: how politics is causing private landlords to sell

Renting as an investment Berlin is a tenant city. 83% of Berliners live in a rented apartment. That means 83% of Berliners

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March 10, 2020 General

Interview with Tanja Kamp

Ms. Kamp, you are co-owner of the agency "Berlins neue Kinder", which specializes in image films and image campaigns for companies.

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28 November 2019 General / Politics

The power of the condition - a comment on the car toll investigation committee Andreas Scheuer

For one thing, my contribution today does not concern real estate law but the civil law general part. The mechanics involved,

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13 November 2019 General

The view from the outside

German tenancy law from an international point of view Naturally, word has got around in an international environment that Germany has a restrictive tenancy law and currently

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7 October 2019 General / Politics

Interview with Holger Marquardt

Mr. Marquardt, Engel & Völkers is one of the larger brokerage companies in the German and therefore also in the Berlin market. you are

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1 October 2019 General / Tenancy Law / Politics

Press

Communication after waking up: Hello Tobias, who shot you in the brain? How sick must someone be if the

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26 August 2019 General / Politics

The red Berlin: strategies for a socialist city

If you want to read more about how parts of society want to transform our city politically, you will find it here. Problem is accordingly

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25 August 2019 General / Tenancy Law / Politics

Berlin Mietendeckel: no problem

Today, the content of the rental cover planned by the senator was launched in the press: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/radikale-einschnitte-in-den-wohnungsmarkt-das-steht-im-ersten-entwurf-des-berliner-mietendeckels/24938762.html You don't have to do much

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20 August 2019 General / Politics / Condominium Law

Transformation: now!

Only a short window of time The GroKo would like to restrict the division of houses into condominiums. The Süddeutsche reports verbatim: “This

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July 18, 2019 General / Politics

DIW misunderstands Berlin housing policy

A great proposal The DIW in Berlin yesterday put in a press release an excellent concept in the room: the

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July 15, 2019 General / Politics / Taxes

Why are the building permit numbers going back?

In the last 5 years the following happened: 2014 was introduced (in Berlin) the ban on misappropriation. 2015 became (nationwide) the rental price brake

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July 1, 2019 General / Politics

Federal Government prepares economic program for brokers

Thanks in advance Before going into my current topic, I would like to thank: my previous article on the impact

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26 June 2019 General / Politics

Berlin housing market: ended

an interesting lunch I had lunch today with the Head of Transactions of a mid-sized real estate company and we talked

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16 June 2019 General / Tenancy Law / Politics

Suggested solutions with expertise

Sometimes it takes a look from the outside, preferably from someone with expertise. Today, Joachim Voth, a professor, came forward

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13 June 2019 General / Tenancy Law

now rent increase at a later date?

Is it possible to raise the rent to, let's say, September 2020 when the three years have passed?

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12 June 2019 General / Tenancy Law / Politics

Countdown

On the website of Haus & Grund Berlin these days there is a countdown showing the remaining time until the end

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7 June 2019 General

Escape from the Berlin real estate market

No more fun. The Berlin Senate's plans for a rent cap seem to reflect the lethargy of recent years on the part of the owners

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6 June 2019 General

groundless termination of housing

Property: a matter of the Basic Law Until 1971, it was always possible for a landlord to terminate a residential tenant. Just like that, without

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4 June 2019 General / Condominium Law

OFF-administration for small houses

The problem of finding a steward! The appointment of a WEG administrator can not be excluded by law, § 20 WAY. smaller

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20 May 2019 General / Politics / Taxes

Protection against dismissal for old tenants?

many parallel developments It happens again a lot crazy in real estate law. I have 6 weeks with other things

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4 April 2019 General / Tenancy Law / Politics

IW Cologne: Milieuschutzgutachten Berlin

The effects of environmental protection are not validated enough. In Berlin, although more and more protected areas are reported, so that a significant

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1 April 2019 General

irritating developments

the headlines of a week last week Wednesday there was apparently a politically motivated arson attack on property owned by Deutsche Wohnen (picture report

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March 27, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

Milieu protection in Berlin - the current status

Overview There are now 56 designated conservation areas in Berlin with approximately 450.000 apartments, or around 30% of the total

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March 25, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

The influence of purchase prices on rentals

A simple bill The purchase price of an apartment or a rental house as an investment has a direct influence on the minimum rent required

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March 24, 2019 General

Deutsche Bank Research: real estate market 2019

Summary Deutsche Bank Research has presented its outlook on the German real estate market 2019. Interest rates remain low, professionals in

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March 23, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

The influence of traffic on the value of real estate

Vision Imagine you live on Hohenzollerndamm or on the Bundesallee. In the front house. Instead of traffic noise you will

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March 21, 2019 General

Own requirements: elimination of the reason for termination before expiry of the deadline

Relevant times in the case of a self-employment termination There are various legally relevant dates for a self-employment termination. The first is the moment in

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March 20, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

BGH: landlord must prove the housing size at rent increase

How rent increases work In the current lease, the landlord can increase the rent, if the local comparative rent is higher and certain

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March 19, 2019 General

BGH strengthens landlord rights: no statute of limitations for injunctive relief in the current lease

Limitation of claims Claims, ie the right to demand from someone else to act or omit, become statute-barred. That means,

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March 18, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

"Berlin rental cover" not possible

no regionalization of tenancy After it is probably nothing at the federal level with further tenancy law tightening, the Berlin Senate has considerations

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March 17, 2019 General / Tenancy Law

BGH: no landlord change in internal sale

Legal principle When a rented apartment (or house) is sold, then the old landlord leaves the lease

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March 16, 2019 General

City escape due to environmental protection - an addition to the IW Cologne's short report

Negative internal migration balance The IW Köln throws an interesting look at the current inner German migration movements with its short report 20 / 2019. After that grow

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March 15, 2019 General

Interview with RA Tobias Scheidacker

Usually I interview the people. This time it is vice versa and the editorship of the advertising portal Housy.de interrogated me to

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March 13, 2019 General

Money versus tangible

Two thousand one hundred and forty-seven billion euros of financial assets in bank accounts In Germany, 2.147 billion in bank accounts. At the same time, the savings rate is on average

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March 11, 2019 General

Rents are rising less than the average inflation

Rents in Germany have been stagnating for years. The high rents and extreme price increases in the housing sector are one of the major exciting topics

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March 10, 2019 General

Book presentation: asset accumulation and residual income with real estate

In times of high purchase prices and rental price brakes, the question arises as to whether a real estate investment is worthwhile. Go in the book

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  • Continuation: Reduced Lending Values ​​by EU Directive? March 17, 2023
  • Save taxes with the EU March 16, 2023
  • Hard to believe: the end of the new building activity immediately? March 14, 2023
  • What do US government bonds have to do with the German real estate market? March 8, 2023
  • Broker commission for pre-emption rights 8 February 2023
  • Tenant right of first refusal 7 February 2023
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  • The 14-day period for sales contracts 5 February 2023
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  • Practice of modernization consulting 13 June 2022
  • Important for apartment buyers: Have the purchase contract checked in advance! 29 May 2022
  • as a guest at the FAZ on Sunday 28 May 2022
  • Piston seizure 10 May 2022
  • Protection against rent explosion and termination for personal use 5 May 2022
  • 20 years tenancy 21 April 2022
  • CO2 clause in the rental agreement 18 February 2022
  • Adjustment of operating cost prepayments in the context of sharply rising energy prices 16 February 2022
  • AG Spandau: Berlin rent index 2021 is void. 13 February 2022
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  • job ad 29 August 2021
  • Re-letting without a rental price brake 15 May 2021
  • Rent increase without rent index 14 May 2021
  • Berlin without Mietspiegel 13 May 2021
  • Clubhouse 9:XNUMX - the relaxed real estate talk 16 April 2021
  • Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 17 p.m .: Online seminar on the BVerfG's rent cap decision 15 April 2021
  • Friday 19 p.m .: Discussion about the rent cap decision 15 April 2021
  • 1 year rental cover 15 February 2021
  • Basics of the general power of attorney 20 January 2021
  • Summary of the rent cover 19 November 2020
  • Termination for personal use - seminar on November 30.11.2020th, XNUMX 4 November 2020
  • Fit for buying a home! Seminar on November 16.11.2020, XNUMX 15 October 2020
  • Rental cover seminar on October 06.10.2020th, XNUMX: lowering for December? 26 September 2020
  • Conversion ban: visiting the 11th Berlin Real Estate Talks on 29.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX 25 September 2020
  • District office Pankow puts an action under penalty payment July 29, 2020
  • structurally incorrectly calculated notices of rent from preis.de (Conny GmbH) July 28, 2020
  • Legal text on the prohibition of division 16 June 2020
  • Rental price brake extended in Berlin 4 June 2020
  • Merseburg District Court 19 May 2020
  • Guest contribution: Corona impact on the property market and risk minimization. By Nicolas Stelter 12 May 2020
  • Live conversation on May 5, 2020 at 19 p.m. 23 April 2020
  • Seminar on April 22.04.2020, 1 with two topics: 2. COVInsAG, XNUMX. Rent cover (current) 16 April 2020
  • Guest post: New cancellation joker? ECJ strengthens consumer rights. By Christian shoulder 8 April 2020
  • Guest contribution: Legal written form requirement for rental contracts for business premises and the possibility of ordinary termination in the event of a formal error. From Dr. Fedor Brunner 6 April 2020
  • Guest contribution: Preliminary assessment of the COVID 19 bankruptcy suspension law (COVInsAG). By Philip Karrenstein March 30, 2020
  • Guest contribution: rental moratorium and bankruptcy law in corona times. By Wilfried Stechow March 29, 2020
  • Corona law: suspension of payments due to loss of rent March 27, 2020
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  • Guest contribution: Rent reduction due to the corona virus? from Dr. Sascha Lambert March 16, 2020
  • Interview with Tanja Kamp March 10, 2020
  • The first week of rental covers: facts and figures March 1, 2020
  • MietWoG - avoidance of fines in case of ambiguities 24 February 2020
  • MietWoG - Obligation to provide information for foreign landlords 23 February 2020
  • MietWoG - the legal text 22 February 2020
  • Does the rental cover also apply to subleases? 20 February 2020
  • Press relations. Today: BZ 20 February 2020
  • MietWoG - Proposed wording regarding March rent and the following 19 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 13 - What is a "demand" with a fine? 11 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rent cover: part 12 - rent reduction in 9 months 10 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 11 - What actually happens after the law expires? 9 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rent cover: Part 10 - Obligation to notify modernizations before entry into force within 3 months after entry into force 8 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 9 - Obligation to provide information about the calculation circumstances within 2 months after the entry into force 7 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 8 - General information and submission obligation to the authorities immediately after entry into force without a period 6 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rent cover: Part 7 - Obligation to provide information about the circumstances of the calculation immediately from the entry into force without a period 5 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rent cover: Part 6 - Obligation to notify about the rental date as of the effective date without any deadline 4 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 5 - Conclusion of new rental contracts 3 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 4 - Is only the landlord or the administrator liable? 2 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 3 - Not so hot because it's unconstitutional anyway? 1 February 2020
  • Administrator practice rental cover: Part 2 - Accepting rental payments 31 January 2020
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  • Documents on the current changes to the rental cover 23 January 2020
  • WEG reform 2020 - the new position of the administrator 22 January 2020
  • WEG reform 2020 - an overview 20 January 2020
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  • The power of the condition - a comment on the car toll investigation committee Andreas Scheuer 28 November 2019
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  • Administrator liability for rent cover 21 November 2019
  • The view from the outside 13 November 2019
  • Rental cover clause with new contract 5 November 2019
  • Current applications for rental and real estate law in the Bundestag and Bundesrat 31 October 2019
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  • Interview with Christopher Brée 21 October 2019
  • taz interview with me 16 October 2019
  • Interview with Christopher Zebitz 11 October 2019
  • Interview with Holger Marquardt 7 October 2019
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