Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court
by jurip on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:12AM
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Ah, all right. A significant stock of empty apartments would certainly be suboptimal in a city like Berlin. I'm not a big fan of bans on things that don't cause direct harm to people, but I don't see any reason to not heavily tax apartments that are kept empty.
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Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court
by yokaze on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:23AM
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Sparked from the the post, I read a bit up on it, and actually 0.8%-2% is actually on the lower side. 2-3% is supposedly the right amount for a well functioning market according to a local government source.
Keep in mind, what I wrote about investors is what I heard from people living there complaining about. So more a reflection of the emotions there, then necessarily factual.