Real estate for capital investment in Dusseldorf

The Rhine metropolis Dusseldorf is one of the five most important business locations in Germany. The international airport and several Rhine ports provide an excellent transport infrastructure and make the state capital a successful trading centre. Thus, numerous insurance, financial and stock exchange companies as well as service and consulting firms are located here – including Ergo Versicherungsgruppe, NRW.Bank, L'Oréal, Vodafone, Rheinmetall, Huawei and Toshiba. In addition, the international trade fair city, which regularly hosts the world's leading exhibitions, is an important centre for the advertising and fashion industry.

Dusseldorf has been steadily growing as an attractive business location for years. While the population is currently around 653,000 in 2022, forecasts predict a further increase of 7.9 percent by 2040 – in addition to continued immigration, this is also due to high birth rates. In addition, 54 percent of households in Dusseldorf are occupied by only one person – ideal conditions for investing in an apartment!

The housing market in Dusseldorf has been characterised by high demand and permanently rising rents in recent years. While average rents for new apartments continued to rise in 2021, they declined slightly in 2022 and are currently still at an average of 15.80 €/m². As an important real estate location, the city of Dusseldorf is focusing on new construction and sustainable growth – by 2025 it should already be able to meet 94 percent of the housing demand.

In many large cities – including Dusseldorf – the so-called “rental brake” has been in force since 2015. This Tenancy Law Amendment Act states that rents for new lettings in sought-after areas may only be a maximum of ten percent above the local comparable rent.

Among other things, new buildings that were used and rented for the first time after 2014 are exempt from this regulation. With the purchase of a new-build property, you therefore have more freedom of determination.