Housing market under pressure: Bebra is planning new jobs in the construction crisis!

Housing market under pressure: Bebra is planning new jobs in the construction crisis!

In Bebra, the project developer ISI Home plans to create up to 60 new jobs by the end of 2026, with half of them being in Bebra. Managing Director Heiko Schaar gives an insight into the challenges that the housing industry currently shape. These challenges result from changed funding conditions and rising interest rates. The past three years have been shaped by a significant decline in the market, which made it necessary to check the business models and processes. Nevertheless, record sales of apartments were recorded last year, which is interpreted as a result of better control of the construction costs. tagesschau.de reports every second company of too few orders, which in 53.6% of the cases that reported in December 2024 reported. Klaus Wohlrabe, head of IFO surveys, emphasizes that the structural problems in housing continue to exist. This also has a negative effect on the business climate, although a slight improvement could be determined.

growing construction prices are another obstacle. In November 2024, construction prices for new apartments reported 3.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. The price increase results from persistent raw material and energy potential. However, it remains to be seen whether the political measures are sufficient to support housing. The DIW is currently aiming to get an immediate program for social housing on the way to specifically support municipalities in tense housing markets.

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Bebra has well asserted itself as a location despite the loss of meaning of the station. The city now offers advantages, such as a well -developed local transport network, which should be of great advantage for the future planning. ISI Home Plant to work decentralized on the project implementation, while the central planning remains in Bebra. A decades of project, the construction of four residential buildings on the Röse district, which has been approved since 2019, has been delayed. However, a building permit is expected in the next 4-8 weeks. The completion of the project will be targeted for the first quarter of 2027, possibly as early as 2026.

The current situation in housing shows how complex the challenges with which cities and companies are confronted. At the same time, there are approaches and initiatives to improve the situation that could have an effect in the coming years.