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Reform von Mietspiegel und ortsüblicher Vergleichsmiete

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  • Sebastian Steffen

    (Universität Regensburg, IREBS International Real Estate Business School, Universitätsstraße 31, 93040 Regensburg und Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), L7,1, 68161 MannheimGermany, Tel.: (0941) 943–5081)

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Rent control in Germany, which was introduced in 2015, can only be put into place effectively, if there are rent indexes in all relevant markets, namely those which are currently operating under difficult conditions of excess demand.These rental indexes must be of a high methodological and statistical standard in order to stand up in court. The current legal status of rent indexes certainly does not meet these requirements. In other words, rent indexes in Germany are of rather heterogeneous quality. Therefore, the federal government has presented some initial drafts on reforming rent indexes making them clearer and more specific. These drafts thus also contain detailed requirements as to how rental surveys should be formulated. In this essay, further proposals for reforming rent indexes are presented. Furthermore, we comment on some elements of the current reform draft and suggest additional reforms. We intend not only to show how to calculate rent indexes more accurately and appropriately, but also how a reform of the rent indexes, or of the local reference rent measures, can reduce the negative effects of the new rent control.

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  • Sebastian Steffen, 2016. "Reform von Mietspiegel und ortsüblicher Vergleichsmiete," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 65(3), pages 240-252, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:65:y:2016:i:3:p:240-252:n:7
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2016-0022
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