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

The concepts of student housing, co-living and micro living, as well as, to some extent, serviced apartments and serviced living for senior citizens, are very similar in structure. These concepts are attracting increasing interest from both users and investors in a changing city.
CBRE has therefore combined these concepts into a new asset class of modern living. Modern living provides furnished living space, suitable communal areas and services for target groups that require short-term living space in large cities, which the traditional housing market does not and cannot offer.
The report analyses the new segment in detail and interviews experts on the investor side and on the legal situation in Germany.
It offers extensive information on:

• the drivers of development and target groups
• the concepts with the main differentiating 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