
One question that arises is whether it is actually still the case today that middle-class families can afford a house if they seriously want one.
What the lobbying association of the real estate industry ZIA announced last June was nothing less than a turning point in time. A survey showed that four out of five respondents would not dream of buying their own home in the next five years. While there are still millions of potential property buyers, the number was obviously higher in previous years. According to the ZIA, home ownership is currently viewed negatively. The figures of the economic research institute IW Cologne, which were published shortly before, point in a similar direction. According to the figures, only 600 decided to buy in 2016.000 households for their first residential property, whereas in 2013 there were still 800.000 were.