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Demographic Outlook and the Implications for Real Estate Markets

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Understanding German Real Estate Markets

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The fertility rate in Germany has been very low for 40 years, at more or less 1.4 children per woman. In the past, the resulting deficit of births could be offset partially with immigration. The population in Germany shrank by almost 800,000 between 2003 and 2010, and demographers expect the coming decades to bring more contractions and a marked ageing of society. However, in the last few years, the number of inhabitants has been rising, thanks to strong inward migration from southern and eastern Europe and particularly due to a strong inward migration of refugees. This chapter will outline the most important demographic trends for Germany, as well as the regional differences, in order to derive the most important implications for real estate markets.

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    The number of refugees that will remain in Germany is very difficult to forecast. There are indications from former waves of asylum seekers, that most of the refugees will move back to their home countries, if the reasons for their flight disappear within a reasonably short period of time.

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I thank Michael Rindler for the assistance in updating this chapter.

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Just, T. (2017). Demographic Outlook and the Implications for Real Estate Markets. In: Just, T., Maennig, W. (eds) Understanding German Real Estate Markets. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32031-1_3

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