Berlin Mitte in the Housing Market Report Berlin 2017

The borough or district of “Mitte“ in its current form was shaped by the administrative reform of 2001. It is made up by three former independent districts. “Mitte” which is the historic origin of Berlin, government and cultural centre and part of former East Berlin, Wedding and Tiergarten which were previously part of West Berlin. Especially Berliners will still make this differentiation, especially when looking for a new home. Just comparing the average rents, the old boundaries are still visible but so is the push of higher rents from the centre out (on the right in the map below).

Source: Housing Market Report Berlin 2017 with Housing Cost Atlas, BerlinHyp + CBRE

Mitte has the areas with the highest rents in the city. The basic rent or net rent (excluding utilities and heating) in the top market segment is in the postcode area 10117 around Friedrichstrasse at 20.87 €/m²/month and the highest average rent in the top market segment in the 10178 postcode area at 13.80 €/m²/month.


At the same time the postcode area 10117 around “Unter den Linden” has relatively low rents at 6.02 €/m²/month in the bottom market segment which ranks only at No.119 looking at the entire city.

The table below shows the full coverage of the district. It also provides detailed information of the income structure (purchasing power) of the households in relation to the average housing cost in the area including ancillary costs (heating and utilities etc.) paid to the landlord. Directly paid cost like electricity, telephone etc. are not included.

Source: Housing Market Report Berlin 2017 with Housing Cost Atlas, BerlinHyp + CBRE

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Asking rents decreased in certain areas of Berlin in 2014

In some areas where the rent increase was high over the last years  a further increase has been halted by the fact that the households living in those areas cannot afford any further increases in rent as they are already spending an average of over 30 % of their purchasing power on rent and ancillary costs.

This creates a "push" into neighbouring less expensive areas. Smart landlords have already reacted by adapting their asking rents to "what seems feasible".

Example areas are around Savignyplatz in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf where the asking rent has decreased by 4.3% over a 12 months period down to 11.01€/m² per month. Similar changes could be observed at Hackescher Markt in Mitte (decrease 3.8 % to 12.50 €/m²/month) and at Käthe Kollwitz Platz in Pankow (down 2.2% to 11.66€/m²/month).



Specific data down to postcode districts are in the Housing Market Report Berlin 2015 available for download at this link.

For property investors this means looking beyond historic data for investment decisions and not just extrapolating  the recent trend in the region into the investment plan. To support the development of the right property investment strategy Falkenberg Solutions - Real Estate Consultants provide a research service.