Property Prices Comparison Between Germany and United States

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Index	Germany	United States
Price to Income Ratio:	8.50	3.43
Mortgage as Percentage of Income:	61.72%	30.72%
Loan Affordability Index:	1.62	3.25
Price to Rent Ratio - City Centre:	27.84	8.79
Price to Rent Ratio - Outside of Centre:	28.79	8.94
Gross Rental Yield (City Centre):	3.59%	11.38%
Gross Rental Yield (Outside of Centre):	3.47%	11.19%

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Rent Per Month	Germany Edit	United States Edit	Difference
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	889.15 € (1,010.95 $)	1,535.37 € (1,745.68 $)	+72.7 %
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	670.59 € (762.45 $)	1,265.98 € (1,439.39 $)	+88.8 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	1,655.50 € (1,882.27 $)	2,546.15 € (2,894.92 $)	+53.8 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre	1,254.24 € (1,426.05 $)	2,112.36 € (2,401.71 $)	+68.4 %
Buy Apartment Price	Germany Edit	United States Edit
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre	509.49 € (579.28 $)	263.82 € (299.96 $)	-48.2 %
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre	398.24 € (452.79 $)	221.82 € (252.21 $)	-44.3 %
Salaries And Financing	Germany Edit	United States Edit
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax)	2,872.23 € (3,265.67 $)	3,808.01 € (4,329.63 $)	+32.6 %
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate	3.98	6.51	+63.6 %
Last update:	23 May 2025	24 May 2025
Contributors in the past 12 months:	1128	8982

Country data (source The World Bank, 2024)	Germany	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP) ($) :	63,600.00	74,600.00
GDP Growth Rate:	-0.27	2.89
Population Growth Rate:	-0.12	0.67

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