Property Prices Comparison Between Germany and United States

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Index	Germany	United States
Price to Income Ratio:	8.81	3.39
Mortgage as Percentage of Income:	63.92%	30.51%
Loan Affordability Index:	1.56	3.28
Price to Rent Ratio - City Centre:	28.41	8.72
Price to Rent Ratio - Outside of Centre:	29.89	8.91
Gross Rental Yield (City Centre):	3.52%	11.47%
Gross Rental Yield (Outside of Centre):	3.35%	11.22%

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Rent Per Month	Germany Edit	United States Edit	Difference
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	888.77 € (915.66 $)	1,698.32 € (1,749.71 $)	+91.1 %
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	671.40 € (691.71 $)	1,398.08 € (1,440.38 $)	+108.2 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	1,662.93 € (1,713.25 $)	2,832.24 € (2,917.94 $)	+70.3 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre	1,265.22 € (1,303.50 $)	2,322.59 € (2,392.87 $)	+83.6 %
Buy Apartment Price	Germany Edit	United States Edit
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre	520.84 € (536.60 $)	290.21 € (298.99 $)	-44.3 %
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre	415.35 € (427.92 $)	243.79 € (251.17 $)	-41.3 %
Salaries And Financing	Germany Edit	United States Edit
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax)	2,860.47 € (2,947.02 $)	4,236.75 € (4,364.95 $)	+48.1 %
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate	3.98	6.57	+65.1 %
Last update:	January 2025	January 2025
Contributors in the past 12 months:	1100	9164

Country data (source The World Bank, 2024)	Germany	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP) ($) :	54,000.00	64,600.00
GDP Growth Rate:	1.81	1.94
Population Growth Rate:	-0.12	0.68

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