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Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by wildmanx »

mattrighetti wrote: post #22
wildmanx wrote: post #19

Looks to me like procrastination from doing what he actually needs to do. Which is to click on those links to find an apartment. Tech won't solve that. Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/974/

I partially agree! But atm I’m using the tool a lot, it’s working well and as expected. Let’s say that for the time it took me to develop it was definitely worth it

Good for you! Glad you had some fun.

And you are in the beginning of your career, can just as well post it to make yourself attractive for future employers. Better solve an actual problem that you had than to post some made-up nonsense-projects on Github just because people think you gotta have "a Github" when applying somewhere.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by [deleted] »

extesy wrote: post #62
ClumsyPilot wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Population of Berlin has hardly changed in the past 30 years, it grows at an annual a rate of like 0.2%. How is this madness possible? Edit: There were 3.5 million residents in 1993. It is projected to reach 3.6 million residents in 2029 [1] It's got to be something to do with financial markets and foreign investment 1 - https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/204296/berlin/population

The simple answer is rent control: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-02/berlin...

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Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ng55QPSK wrote: post #80
extesy wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The simple answer is rent control: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-02/berlin...

The same old lie over and over again. Rent control is limiting the profit you can make with renting out. It doesn't stop profit in the first place. And btw: new built appartments have almost free price setting.

I have friends who used to let their Berlin flat. They stopped doing it after the apartment-seizure law passed [1]. Better to lose the income than lose the property (or be caught fighting an illegal law).

[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1061333538/berlin-voted-for-t...

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by ascar »

extesy wrote: post #62
ClumsyPilot wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Population of Berlin has hardly changed in the past 30 years, it grows at an annual a rate of like 0.2%. How is this madness possible? Edit: There were 3.5 million residents in 1993. It is projected to reach 3.6 million residents in 2029 [1] It's got to be something to do with financial markets and foreign investment 1 - https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/204296/berlin/population

The simple answer is rent control: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-02/berlin...

Would be so much better if you post a reference that's actually accessible without an account or even subscription.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by ng55QPSK »

pc86 wrote: post #75
ng55QPSK wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Berlin's population has grown 10% in 10 years. The 20 years before that it was stagnating or some years even shrinking.

The points stand though because 10% over a decade should not be enough to shock a residential housing market.

The market of affordable apartments is shocked. In the luxury segment you'll find easily.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by megous »

jfk13 wrote: post #66
closeparen wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any place I can’t walk on well-traveled sidewalks to a coffee shop, restaurant, grocery store, etc. is a place not fit for human habitation.

I wonder how humans survived for the first, oh, 99% or so of the time we've been on earth?

Barely. The humans certainly would not survive in the current numbers/concentrations, without all the civilization around them.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by blub »

wildmanx wrote: post #87
b20000 wrote: post #53

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why did landlords take their units off the market in berlin? because renting out is no longer interesting?

Because a law called "Mietpreisbremse" makes it entirely unattractive to rent out. That's a strict regulation on how much rent you are allowed to take. And that's just the direct financial aspect. Once a tenant lives in your place, it's really hard to get rid of them. Even if they act like total scumbags, trash the place, disturb the neighbors, pay their rent late. No reasonable investor finds it attractive to build…

AFAIK it’s not that hard if you find a relative to move into that apartment. But finding that relative may be hard…

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by jankor »

ng55QPSK wrote: post #80
extesy wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The simple answer is rent control: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-02/berlin...

The same old lie over and over again. Rent control is limiting the profit you can make with renting out. It doesn't stop profit in the first place. And btw: new built appartments have almost free price setting.

The regulation gives absolutely insane incentives. In my case (old contract in hip mitte area), it was easier to keep it and for my gf to rent another apartment on the outskirt where her work is as she can deduct the full rent from tax. Effective price for renting two apartments is lower than one in between the center and suburb.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by ascar »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #93
ng55QPSK wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same old lie over and over again. Rent control is limiting the profit you can make with renting out. It doesn't stop profit in the first place. And btw: new built appartments have almost free price setting.

I have friends who used to let their Berlin flat. They stopped doing it after the apartment-seizure law passed [1]. Better to lose the income than lose the property (or be caught fighting an illegal law). [1] https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1061333538/berlin-voted-for-t...

What you're referencing is not a law it's a referendum that most likely will never be adopted as it's illegal. On top of that, how does that referendum affect your friends unless they run a giant business with thousands of apartments (to be exact 3000 or more)? And at that scale it's certainly cheaper to fight in court.

Re: I need to find an apartment

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Post by traceroute66 »

candiddevmike wrote: post #54

Government should provide apartments, free, in the center of the city, for anyone who needs one. Housing should be a human right. You can pay extra for a better place, but then landlords would actually have to compete for your business instead of the other way around.

> Government should provide apartments, free, in the center of the city, for anyone who needs one.

During COVID lockdowns I watched lots of international TV drama series on Netflix.

One of those "random things I learnt on Netflix" was that they (sort of) offer this in the UAE if you've lived & worked there for 10+ years.[1]

Its basically means-tested housing. So they offer anything from interest-free 25 year loans to fully subsidised housing.

[1] https://www.tamm.abudhabi/en/aspects-of-life/benefits-for-em...

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