Commission-free real estate directly from the owner in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The vast country by the sea has a lot of nature, culture and a lot of maritime flair.

Whether between Wismar Bay and Wolgast Harbor, at Schwerin Castle and around the Szczecin Lagoon, in the Baltic Sea resort of Rerik or in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, on the Greifswald Bodden or on the Güstrow waters, around the Müritz and the Mecklenburg Lake District as well as on Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Rügen, Hiddensee and Usedom: Flowing, rippling and sometimes stormy fresh or salt water in large quantities is nowhere really far away in Germany's northeasternmost state. Those who love the wet element will find it not only everywhere along Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's 1,700-kilometer-long Baltic coast, but also in abundance in its enchanting inland areas, many of which are protected nature reserves. As the most sparsely populated German and predominantly rural region, "MV" offers, in addition to its three national parks, 8 nature parks as well as various biosphere reserves, natural monuments and landscape conservation areas worth seeing. In their environment or neighborhood a house in the green or even one at the sea is to be had so far still frequently by far more favorably than at and/or in other coast sections or vacation regions of the Federal Republic. Thereby the country presents itself regarding its real estate market and the in each case quite different prices to a certain extent and for the most part in two parts. On the one hand, there are the very expensive, well-known Baltic resorts such as Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf, Bansin, Binz, Graal-Müritz, Heiligendamm, Kühlungsborn, Prerow, Sassnitz, Trassenheide, Warnemünde, Ueckermünde and Zinnowitz, where in general all new buildings and especially the thoroughly renovated historic buildings of the classic regional "spa architecture" that shine in new white are now highly traded.

Relatively expensive coast and lakes, comparatively cheap inland, moderate cities

On the other hand, the greater the distance to the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the lower the average price per square meter for real estate of all kinds, but especially for older existing buildings such as vacant farms and other buildings formerly used for agricultural purposes. In the south and east of the three counties bordering the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Greifswald, as well as in the centers of the remaining three counties of Nordwestmecklenburg, Rostock and Vorpommern-Rügen, it is therefore still possible, with a somewhat detailed search, to find one or two favorable opportunities for buying a house or apartment. However, good to very good waterfront locations in cities such as Fürstenberg/Havel, Lychen, Malchow, Mirow, Neustrelitz, Neubrandenburg, Plau am See, Röbel, Teterow and Waren (Müritz) around the lake district, which is very popular as a vacation area, are an unfortunately somewhat more expensive exception. Unlike in other larger cities in Germany, rents, purchase prices and land prices in those in the northeast have risen significantly but less sharply in recent years. In the city centers and sought-after locations of Rostock and Schwerin, they have risen by around two to five percent, while in Stralsund, Wismar, Neubrandenburg and Neustrelitz they have risen by only one to three percent. The average apartment price in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in April 2014 was around 2,000 euros/m², while the average house price was around 1,430 euros/m².

The west, the coast and the islands are more expensive than the east and the countryside

Although in prime locations such as Rostock-Warnemünde or the newly built "Petri-Viertel" there, as well as in the Schwerin neighborhoods of Schelfstadt and Schlossgartenviertel, prices of between 3,500 and 6,000 euros/m² can now be charged for real estate, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is, on the whole, still a relatively inexpensive area. Roughly speaking, prices are generally higher on the coast, on the islands and in the western part of Mecklenburg near the border with the state of Schleswig-Holstein than in the eastern part of Western Pomerania not far from the border with neighboring Poland. In addition to the numerous existing properties mentioned at the beginning of this article, some of which have fallen victim to the wrecking ball on a large scale, depending on the exact region and the exact area of land, due to the different population decline in each case, more new construction has taken place in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the last two decades than in any other federal state, which is why, in purely statistical terms, every third residential building currently available in the state was built after 1990. The state also attaches great importance to differentiated housing promotion, especially for single parents and families with children who want to renovate their owner-occupied housing; the same applies to housing with care services for older citizens. State policy is no less ambitious when it comes to urban renewal and development, as well as targeted urban development funding measures.Inmany places, the region's numerous historic old towns have been and continue to be spruced up in recent years with targeted campaigns such as the "Initiative Innenstadt" (Inner City Initiative), making them much more livable for locals, returnees and the many new student arrivals alike.

Short facts Real estate in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

- Waterfront locations are a dime a dozen, but you pay more for them
- Especially on the islands of Hiddensee, Rügen and Usedom, in particular, prices are quite high
- The Mecklenburg Lake District, a well-known vacation region, is not all that inexpensive
- Population density and real estate prices drop with distance from the Baltic Sea
- Prices are rising more slowly in the cities than in the rest of Germany
- The Mecklenburg region is somewhat more expensive than the Western Pomerania region
- One in three residential buildings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was built after 1990
- There are many state subsidy and redevelopment programs for towns and villages