Spacious detached house with south garden

Excellent market knowledge is essential for the valuation of single-family homes. In Germany, an owner-occupied single-family house is generally valued using the asset value method (§§ 21-23 ImmoWertV).

If only the price per m² of living space is taken into account, new buildings can be up to 50 % more expensive than existing properties.

This depends on the income situation as well as on the amount of equity capital invested in order to enable an extensive debt relief until retirement age.

The "hereditary lease" is prohibited by law in Germany today. Colloquially, however, the "Erbbaurecht" is often referred to as "Erbpacht". A "hereditary building right" is a right equivalent to real property which is formed in a separate "hereditary building right land register".

In German brokerage law, a broker's sole commission is a contract that defines an exclusive contractual relationship between a broker and the client. In the case of a sole commission, the client binds himself to a single broker who, in return, is obliged to provide a service.