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Re:Berlin now home to soaring rents and rising tensions by ibotty on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:37AM (#16929672)
But that's not the reason _at all_ that the rents are skyrocketing. Were it implemented properly the "rent-brake" would prohibit high rents.
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Re:Berlin now home to soaring rents and rising tensions by elcapitan on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:27AM (#16930310)
Well it limits supply, because it makes it less attractive to create more buildings, so the prices go up, if demand is increasing.
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Re:Berlin now home to soaring rents and rising tensions by chrido on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:04PM (#16936299)
The "rent-brake" in Germany does not apply to newly built apartments.
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Re:Berlin now home to soaring rents and rising tensions by VMG on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:40AM (#16929702)
that's now how an economy works
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