Commission-free Houses to buy in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Brokerage-free dream houses at reasonable prices

"MV tut gut" - with this slogan the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern advertises itself as a vacation destination, place of residence and business location. Indeed, the state in the northeast of the Federal Republic offers extremely pleasant living conditions: The Baltic Sea coast and the islands with their traditional seaside resorts, the idyllic lake landscapes in the interior of the state, old towns worth seeing with their typical northern German brick buildings, and lively university cities such as Rostock and Greifswald. With around 1.6 million people living in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the state is the most sparsely populated in all of Germany. The agricultural state has only one major city: The city of Rostock, with a good 200,000 inhabitants.Thestate capital Schwerin, on the other hand, is home to only about 90,000 people, plus other smaller cities such as Greifswald, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund and Wismar.

Maritime industry and tourism shape economic life

The picturesque Baltic Sea coast and the islands of Rügen and Usedom, the Mecklenburg Lake District and many other tourist highlights attract millions of vacationers to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern year after year. No wonder, then, that tourism is one of the most important industries in the state and provides many jobs. The state's economic life continues to be shaped by the maritime industry, including shipping companies such as Scandlines GmbH based in Rostock, the cruise operator AIDA Cruises, various shipyards and smaller boat and yacht builders such as Hanse Yachts AG in Greifswald. Another source of economic hope in structurally weak Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is formed by various modern technology companies that have settled primarily near the university locations of Rostock and Greifswald.

Large regional differences in house prices

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is already sparsely populated - but studies forecast a further decline in the state's population in the coming years. A good time therefore, in order to go in the delightful country on the search for a house. You are spoiled for choice: should it be a house by the sea, in an idyllic lake landscape or in one of the country's charming cities? The height of the broker commission with the purchase of residential property is thereby in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on a medium level, whereby however, as the focus on its Internet side recently reported, in strongly in demand regions such as Rügen meanwhile country wide peak commissions of 7 per cent and more are to be paid - commission-free offers are to be found there only rarely. Also the actual purchase prices for houses differ within the country considerably. According to the real estate portal immowelt.de, for example, one must pay an average of 825,000 euros for a home in the popular seaside resort of Sellin on the island of Rügen, while a house in the district of Güstrow costs an average of only a favorable 155,000 euros. At the same time, as the popularity of the location increases, the proportion of brokerage-free house offers decreases. The best chances of acquiring a house without a broker are in the structurally weaker rural regions, such as parts of the Ostvorpommern district. Here, where the demand for real estate is not as high as in the larger cities and the more touristically attractive places in the state, many sellers offer their houses privately to private buyers, because they know that they then have a clear competitive advantage over broker offers.

Current house prices in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in comparison (March 2014)

Source: immowelt.de

Development of purchase prices for houses

Source: immowelt.de