Germany is estimated to be short approximately 1.35 million apartments. This is according to the new "Construction Monitor 2026," compiled by the Pestel Institute on behalf of the German Association of Building Material Retailers (BDB), and reported on by the "Rheinische Post" (Wednesday edition). According to the "Construction Monitor," the largest housing shortage is in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state (360,000 apartments). In B…
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Germany is estimated to be short approximately 1.35 million apartments. This is according to the new "Construction Monitor 2026," compiled by the Pestel Institute on behalf of the German Association of Building Material Retailers (BDB), and reported on by the "Rheinische Post" (Wednesday edition). According to the "Construction Monitor," the largest housing shortage is in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state (360,000 apartments). In B…