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Residential City Profile

Leipzig
Leipzig | 2nd half of 2020
Published in March 2021
Housing market Leipzig

Net population influx, despite the COVID-19 crisis                                 remains the most dynamic in terms of population growth
Despite the mobility restrictions resulting from the COVID-19                      in 2020 (16% population growth between 2010 and 2020).
pandemic, the net inward migration into Leipzig remained                           Even if the net influx remained constant in the period 2018 –
almost the same in 2020 (inward migration balance of                               2020, this is still below the level of the preceding years.
around 5,000 is a change of just -5% compared to the pre-                          This trend is mainly a reaction to changes in the market
vious year). With a net inward migration of around 83 per                          brought about by the significant increase in demand:
10,000 population each year, Leipzig still has by far the                          whilst the last 10 years were characterised by the poten-
highest relative net population influx of all Big 8 cities and                     tial offered by decreasing vacancy levels, supply is now
                                                                                   slower to react to changes in demand which means that
                                                                                   there are now greater effects on prices. The increasing
Housing supply and demand for                                                      housing costs tend to reduce the acceleration in inward
new buildings Leipzig                                                              migration. Nonetheless, the level of population growth
                                                                                   and the requirement for additional residential units re-
                                                                                   mains high. Given the fall in existing capacity, this demand
                                                                                   must be increasingly satisfied by construction activity. In
                                                                                   this context, the intermediate scenario in terms of the an-
                                                                                   nual requirement for new homes is around 4,200, a level
                                                                                   which was matched by the number of new building per-
                                                                                   mits issued for the first time in 2019 (4,330 new homes).
                                                                                   Therefore, the number of new building permits has more
                                                                                   than quadrupled over a period of 10 years, which shows
                                                                                   the city council’s strategy of focusing on residential con-
                                                                                   struction to guarantee a sufficient supply of affordable
                                                                                   housing. The number of completions also rose; however,
                                                                                   the 2,356 newly completed apartments was below the
                                                                                   number of new building permits. The significant increase
                                                                                   in the construction backlog indicates that the level of
*Additional annual need for housing units (includes also apartments in detached   completions will tend to increase in the future.
  houses) without consideration of current construction deficits.
Source: destatis, JLL; Status: January 2021

 Selected developments under constructions

 Name                                                     Location                                 Residential units        Completion date

  Leipzig 416                                             Zentrum-Nord                                 approx. 2,200             2021
  Wohnquartier Sonnenpark                                 Probstheida                                  approx. 300               2022
  Quartier Kreuzstraße                                    Zentrum-Ost                                  approx. 190               2023
  LWB – Querstraße                                        Zentrum-Ost                                  approx. 150               2021
  LWB – Straße des 18. Oktober                            Zentrum-Südost                               approx. 100               2021

Source: Thomas Daily, JLL; Status: January 2021

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Prime and new-build segments still driving
                                                      rental price growth
                                                      There was a 3.4% increase in median rents in Leipzig in the
                                                      second half of 2020 (€7.50/sqm/month). This is around the
                                                      same level as the average rental price growth in the other
Distribution of rental listings by price group        Big 8 cities, but is below its own 5-year average of 5.5% p.a.
                                                      There were above-average rental price increases over the
                                                      last six months in the prime (top 10% of all rental offers)
                                                      and new-build segments. The rental price growths of 5.0%
                                                      and 4.8% respectively were below the 5-year averages
                                                      (5.1% and 9.1% p.a.), but growth in the prime segment was
                                                      twice as strong as the Big 8 average. The achievable rents
                                                      in the prime segment are €10.50/sqm/month, and €11.00/
                                                      sqm/month in the new-build segment. In the lower priced
                                                      segment (lowest 10% of all rental offers), rents rose by just
                                                      2.6% compared to the same period the previous year to
                                                      their current level of €5.90/sqm/month. There were slight
                                                      to moderate falls in the median rent compared to the sec-
                                                      ond half of 2019 in a number of districts, but marginal in-
                                                      creases in the West and North West districts.

Source: JLL, empirica systeme; Status: January 2021

Rental price bands for listed apartments Leipzig      Development of rental prices

Source: JLL, empirica systeme; Status: January 2021   Source: JLL, empirica systeme, IDN immodaten; Status: January 2021

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Asking rental prices Leipzig

                                                                                       B 184
                                             A 14

  Flughafen Leipzig/Halle
                                                                                    Nord
                             B6

                                                    Nordwest

                                                                                                   Nordost

                                                                         K6570

                                                                                                                        B 186

                                        Alt-
                          B 181         West                              B 6 / B 87

                                                                        Mitte                                     Ost

                                                         B 87

                                      West

                                                                              Süd                        Südost

                                                                               B2

                                                    Südwest

  0                               5                             10 km
                                                                                                                            OpenStreetMap-contributors

 Rent Level
  Average in €/sqm/month on postcode level

        < 6.00                                           8.00 < 9.00                           Water Area               Industrial or
                                                                                                                        Traffic Area
        6.00 < 7.00                                      >= 9.00                               Green Area               Other Area

        7.00 < 8.00

  Source: JLL, empirica systeme

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Price growth in the market for condominium
                                                      apartments continues in all segments
                                                      There was another significant rise in purchase prices for
                                                      condominium apartments in Leipzig over the second half
                                                      of 2020. These grew by 14.2% to their current average of
Distribution of condo listings by price group         €2,580/sqm. The growth was higher than the previous year
                                                      (8.7%) and greater than the 5-year average (11.2% p.a.). In
                                                      the prime segment with current asking prices of €4,770/
                                                      sqm, there was purchase price growth of 12.2% in both this
                                                      and on a similar level in the mid-priced segment. The
                                                      strongest year-on-year growth was achieved in the lower
                                                      price segment (lowest 10% of all purchase offers: €1,770/
                                                      sqm) with 18.0% (previous year: 15.4%). In the new-build
                                                      segment with current asking prices of €4,310/sqm, there
                                                      was a year-on-year growth of 8.8%, which is higher than
                                                      both last year’s growth rate (3.3%) and the 5-year average
                                                      (7.5% p.a.). In an analysis of locations, the East, South,
                                                      South East and Mitte districts benefited most from the
                                                      growth in purchase prices over the past six months.

Source: JLL, empirica systeme; Status: January 2021

Purchase price bands for condominiums Leipzig         Development of purchase prices for condominiums

Source: JLL, empirica systeme; Status: January 2021   Source: JLL, empirica systeme, IDN immodaten; Status: January 2021

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Asking condominium prices Leipzig

                                                                                               B 184
                                             A 14

                                                                                            Nord
                             B6

                                                    Nordwest

                                                                                                           Nordost

                                                                                 K6570

                                                                                                                                B 186

                                        Alt-
                          B 181         West                                      B 6 / B 87

                                                                                Mitte                                     Ost

                                                         B 87

                                      West

                                                                                      Süd                        Südost

                                                                                       B2

                                                    Südwest

  0                               5                                10 km
                                                                                                                                    OpenStreetMap-contributors

 Condominium price level
  Average in €/sqm on postcode level

          < 1,500                                               2,500 < 3,500                          Water Area               Industrial or
                                                                                                                                Traffic Area
          1,500 < 2,000                                         >= 3,500                               Green Area               Other Area

          2,000 < 2,500

      Source: JLL, empirica systeme

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Contacts
Michael Bender                                                            Helen Lindner                                                              Ralf Kemper
Head of Residential Germany                                               Head of Residential Development                                            Head of Valuation & Transaction
Frankfurt                                                                 Germany                                                                    Advisory Germany
+49 (0) 69 2003 2333                                                      Berlin                                                                     Frankfurt
michael.bender@eu.jll.com                                                 +49 (0) 30 203980 703                                                      +49 (0) 69 2003 1092
                                                                          helen.lindner@eu.jll.com                                                   ralf.kemper@eu.jll.com

Helge Scheunemann                                                         Roman Heidrich                                                             Sebastian Grimm
Head of Research Germany                                                  Lead Director Valuation &                                                  Lead Director Valuation &
Hamburg                                                                   Transaction Advisory                                                       Transaction Advisory
+49 (0) 40 350011 225                                                     Berlin                                                                     Frankfurt
helge.scheunemann@eu.jll.com                                              +49 (0) 30 203980 106                                                      +49 (0) 69 2003 1196
                                                                          roman.heidrich@eu.jll.com                                                  sebastian.grimm@eu.jll.com

Alon Brahm
Team Leader Residential Investment
Berlin
+49 (0) 30 203980 193
alon.brahm@eu.jll.com

Authors
Dr. Sören Gröbel                                                          Christian Giesemann
Director Research                                                         Team Leader Research
Berlin                                                                    Berlin
+49 (0) 30 203980 151                                                     +49 (0) 30 203980 201
soeren.groebel@eu.jll.com                                                 christian.giesemann@eu.jll.com

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