Modern Living: New Housing Concepts Flourishing in Germany’s Metropolises

The concepts of Student Living, Co-Living and Micro Living, and to some extent Micro Living and Service Living for Senior Citizens, are very similar in structure. In the context of changing German metropolises, these segments are increasingly attracting the attention of occupiers and investors.

Therefore, CBRE combines these concepts into a new asset class of Modern Living.

Modern Living provides furnished living space, the appropriate communal areas and services for target groups requiring short-term housing in major cities, which the traditional housing market does not and cannot offer in this way.

The report analyzes the new segment in detail and interviews experts on the investor side and on the legal situation in Germany.

It provides extensive information on:

• the drivers of development and the target groups
• the concepts with the main distinguishing criteria
• the historical investment market and the development of prime yields
• the legal framework of the segment and
• the asking prices of the concepts in the top 7 cities in Germany