Wohnungsmarktüberblick H2 2025 (Hamburg residential section)

Hamburg's residential market recorded the highest rental growth among Germany's eight largest cities in H2 2025, with median offered rents reaching €18.12/m² and growing 9.03 percent annually, while new construction rents surged 12.4 percent year-over-year and 57.7 percent over five years. Across the Big 8 cities analyzed, median offered rents averaged €18.17/m² with 4.4 percent annual growth in H2 2025, though construction completions fell to a 2015-era low of 251,900 units in 2024 with further declines expected in 2025–2026, creating persistent supply shortages despite policy interventions including October 2025's "Bau-Turbo-Gesetz.