Apartment blocks in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, on  Feb. 13.

Apartment blocks in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, on  Feb. 13.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Real Estate

Berlin’s Housing Slump Is Over as Shortage Lures Investors

The prospect of higher rents in the German capital is countering the downward pull of financing costs

At a new housing development in northwest Berlin, the first apartments were ready for tenants in August and a short time later an investor from abroad was ready to collect the rent checks.

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