Hamburg rent index

The Hamburger Mietenspiegel has been published every two years since 1976. It gives an overview of the standard local comparative rent for freely financed apartments of comparable type, size, equipment, quality and location. The rent index has its basis in the Civil Code. Also for the 2021 rent index survey, according to the legal requirements, only rents that have been newly agreed or adjusted in the last four years and are not subject to any price maintenance were taken into account. The preparation takes place under the auspices of the authority for urban development and housing and is accompanied by a working group, which includes representatives of the tenant and landlord organizations as well as the courts. The rental values depend not only on aspects such as the size of the apartment or the equipment, but also on the classification of the respective residential area. For this purpose, the online rental index draws on the data from the non-official Hamburg residential register 2021, which was compiled on the basis of a representative data collection by Analyse & Konzept Beratungsgesellschaft für Wohnen, Immobilien, Stadtentwicklung mbH. The rent index data can only be used correctly if the "explanations on the rent index" and the notes on the "application of the rent index" are carefully observed.