Residential property remains the most important asset class for investors in the Berlin property market, and logistics properties are also being selected selectively, while investors are currently hardly venturing into office and retail properties. This was reported by Thomas Daily on 14 October 2025, citing the ‘E&V Immo Trend Report Berlin 2025’ by Engel & Völkers Commercial, which is based on a survey of 236 market participants.
The report also states that three out of four respondents see the best opportunities in the residential sector (74 per cent), with 83.6 per cent expecting prices to remain stable at least and 51.5 per cent expecting them to rise. In contrast, no recovery is seen in the office and retail sectors before 2027. As a result, half of those surveyed are currently investing in residential property, with core and core-plus strategies being the main focus. 41 per cent of respondents plan to make further purchases in the next 12 to 24 months. Upgrades or renovations to existing properties are on the agenda for one in three. According to E&V, international investors were twice as active in 2025 as in the previous year. More than two-thirds (71 per cent) of respondents cited regulation and political intervention as the biggest factors of uncertainty.
Benjamin Rogmans, Managing Director and Head of Investment at Engel & Völkers Commercial Berlin, commented on the report’s findings, saying: “Residential property is and remains the backbone of the Berlin market. Demand remains high and risk low – investors are acting cautiously but purposefully. Capital is seeking stability and finding it in residential portfolios, particularly where portfolio optimisation and value-add potential are effective.”
“These key findings from the new E&V Immo Trend Report Berlin confirm our fundamentally positive assessment of the Berlin residential property market, which offers attractive conditions for investors given the high excess demand and rising prices and rents. This applies to large commercial investors from Germany and abroad as well as to private investors looking for real estate for wealth accumulation or retirement provision,” says Jacopo Mingazzini, CEO of The Grounds. “The fact that investors in an increasingly improving market environment still see uncertainty regarding regulation and political intervention as the main risk should be a wake-up call for politicians. Experience during the ‘traffic light coalition’ has shown how fatal political uncertainty can be for the market and how it can bring transactions and urgently needed new construction to a near standstill.”
