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Positive news from the residential real estate market
The growth trend in Hamburg's residential property market continues: after inflation and construction interest rates rose as a result of the pandemic years and buyers tended to be cautious, a normalisation trend has now set in. We are seeing increasing momentum, particularly in the continuously developing markets of north-east Hamburg, namely in Alstertal, the Walddörfer, Rahlstedt and Marienthal.
Sales figures grow across all segments
The number of condominiums sold in the aforementioned districts, as well as in Bramfeld and Farmsen-Berne, rose by 9.7 per cent to 577 by the end of September 2025. Across Hamburg, 4,090 purchase agreements for apartments were registered, which is 15.5 per cent more than in the same period last year. The number of single-family homes sold in the aforementioned districts increased by 1.7 per cent to 538, while across Hamburg as a whole, the number of homes sold after three quarters was 5.3 per cent higher than in the same period last year.
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Owners and buyers benefit from the market upturn
The increasingly positive news from the residential property market therefore affects not only property owners and sellers, whose values have stabilised again, but also prospective buyers, for whom the range of properties on offer and thus the choice available has increased significantly, leading to rising sales figures.
As a result of this development, our current market report ‘Hamburg Northeast 2025/2026’ not only records prices that have already risen, but also expects them to increase slightly. However, the predicted price increase only applies to solid properties with modernised or modern energy-efficient features in good or very good residential locations.
Flats are increasing in value faster than houses
While flats are expected to increase in price by 3 to 4 per cent in the newly begun year 2026, the rate of increase for single-family homes is likely to be less than one per cent. The figures from the expert committee as of 30 September 2025 show that houses are developing less strongly in terms of price. According to these figures, prices for single-family homes across Hamburg fell by as much as 4.4 per cent, even though the number of properties sold increased significantly.
The reason for the difference in price trends is demographic change: while newer flats are dominating the market, older houses are increasingly being put on the market by owners who want to give up their properties for reasons of age. We are observing this trend particularly in north-east Hamburg, with its dense development of single-family homes. However, this development gives young families the opportunity to purchase their own home and thus live in a quiet, green environment with excellent infrastructure.
