Housing

Berlin just closed a huge deal about the purchase of as many as 14,750 apartments from the two real estate giants Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen. It is worth billions. The pact is supposed to be another step in the fight against the city state’s affordable housing crisis.

Two huge real estate companies in Germany, Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen, agreed to a merger deal. Together, they will become the largest corporation of its kind…

You are a newcomer in Berlin. Your task is to find a place to stay before you run out of money. But every time you want to look at a vacant apartment, hundreds…

In Berlin's Kreuzberg borough, an initiative that wants a referendum on dispossessions of big real estate companies started a campaign today. In order to reach its goal, the group needs tens of thousands of signatures.

Berlin's Senator for Urban Development and Housing Katrin Lompscher is used to verbal attacks from the conservative opposition. These days, she is getting…

Hussein from Yemen will probably not find an affordable apartment in the next months. Neither will the young doctor or the African lady who actually seemed more…