Commission-free Houses to buy in Bayern

Munich is (almost) only something for millionaires; all of Upper Bavaria is also quite expensive

The white-blue Free State in the southeast is not only the most popular vacation region for Germans, but also the economically most successful state in the Federal Republic. Numerous and partly untouched natural landscapes with a high recreational value, many historic towns and communities with well-preserved and renovated buildings, as well as a healthy labor market make for high attractiveness as a place to live, but unfortunately also for the highest real estate prices on the national average. Almost dizzying costs for houses between 5,000 and well over 7,000 euros/m² in sought-after Munich locations such as Harlaching, Solln, Sendling-Westpark, Obersendling, Sendling, Hadern and Bogenhausen speak a clear language here, even the favorable locations for local conditions such as Lochhausen and Langwied with prices per square meter around 3,500 euros tend to cause incredulous head-shaking elsewhere. Prices in other large and medium-sized Bavarian cities are only marginally more favorable, but have also been rising continuously for years. Of particular note here is the administrative district of Upper Bavaria to the south of Munich, where average house prices in cities such as Ingolstadt (approx. 3,400 euros/m²), Freising (approx. 3,600 euros/m²), Rosenheim (approx. 4,000 euros/m²), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (approx. 3,200 euros/m²) and Traunstein (approx. 2,200 euros/m²) are only in a few cases below, but mostly on a par with or even above those in Munich. It is particularly expensive in the Starnberg district on the lake of the same name, for example, where average house prices of almost 5,000 euros/m² are almost three times higher than the average for real estate prices nationwide.

Rising prices in Swabia and Middle Franconia, the Upper Palatinate is still more favorable

Due to the spatial proximity to Munich also the prices for houses in the administrative district Swabia in the west of Bavaria rise, here are it likewise with priority the larger cities like above all Augsburg (approx. 2,800 euro/m ²) and Kempten (2,400 euro/m ²), where it came in few years to the highest increases, still somewhat more favorably are there Memmingen (approx. 2,100 euro/m ²) and Kaufbeuren (approx. 2,000 euro/m ²). The situation in the administrative district of Lower Bavaria in the east is somewhat more relaxed in some cases; here, too, residential areas near Munich are generally more expensive than those in the Bavarian Forest on the border with the Czech Republic, for example. In cities such as Deggendorf (approx. 1,800 euros/m²), Passau and Straubing (each approx. 2,000 euros/m²) and Landshut (approx. 2,600 euros/m²), however, affordable offers are still available. In contrast, relatively affordable house prices can still be found in the more rural and border regions of the neighboring administrative district of Upper Palatinate to the north, such as the districts of Cham, Kemmath, Nabburg, Neunburg vorm Wald, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Tirschenreuth, Schwandorf and Oberviechtach. However, the largest cities in the district, such as Regensburg (approx. 3,200 euros/m²), Amberg (3,400 euros/m²) and Weiden (approx. 2,000 euros/m²), have also been becoming significantly more expensive for years. In the northern part of the state of Franconia, the picture is similar in the administrative districts of Upper, Lower and Middle Franconia and particularly in the larger cities.Thecentral Franconian cities of Nuremberg and Erlangen (both approx. 3,400 euros/m²) and Fürth (approx. 3,000 euros/m²) in particular have risen sharply in the last three years and house prices are usually already well above both the Bavarian and national averages.

Upper Franconia is more expensive than Lower Franconia, some offers are waiting in small villages

In Upper Franconia, cities such as Marktredwitz (approx. 1,000 euros/m²), Selb (approx. 1,100 euros/m²) and Kulmbach (approx. 1,300 euros/m²) in particular are attracting the interest of potential buyers, although prices have risen significantly in the city of Hof (approx. 2,200 euros/m²). Bayreuth (approx. 2,100 euros/m²) and Coburg (approx. 2,000 euros/m²) are also still rather favorable, but the city of Bamberg is more expensive, with an average price per square meter of 2,800 euros. Realistic conditions for the house acquisition one finds here in the outermost north of Bavaria in principle also in the bordernear districts such as Kronach, Lichtenfels, Münchberg, Naila, Rehau, Stadtsteinach, Staffelstein and Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge, where one can make with square meter prices between 1,000 and 1,200 euro still the one or other good deal. In the northwestern administrative district of Lower Franconia on the state border with Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Thuringia , Aschaffenburg (approx. 2,600 euros/m²) and Würzburg (approx. 2,400 euros/m²) are still among the more expensive patches, while Schweinfurt (approx. 1,800 euros/m²) is less expensive. In the surrounding areas of the cities of Bad Kissingen, Hassfurt, Kitzingen, Karlstadt, Miltenberg and Bad Neustadt an der Saale, or their districts of Bad Kissingen, Hassberge, Kitzingen, Main-Spessart, Miltenberg and Rhön-Grabfeld, there are also still reasonably priced offers; there, with the exception of a few very good locations, house prices are largely in the range between 1,000 and just over 2,000 euros/m².

Short facts Buying houses in Bavaria:

- Munich is also the most expensive city nationwide when buying a house
- The whole of southern Bavaria and Upper Bavaria are also very expensive
- In Bavarian Swabia, prices are rising, especially in the larger cities
- In Lower Bavaria, the Bavarian Forest is cheaper than the cities near Munich
- The Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia offer the lowest prices throughout Bavaria
- Middle Franconia's cities are rising in price, Lower Franconia still offers opportunities