Germany is looking likely to turn into one of the hottest property markets in Europe after 10 years of static prices. Germany is a new market for most overseas investors and it will take time for it to develop. Growth is starting in cities such as Berlin now that unemployment is beginning to drop and interest in home ownership is beginning to increase.

Under 40% of Germans own their own homes compared with around 80% in the UK and Ireland. In Berlin this figure is just 14%. When the German market awakens to the opportunity of property investment with low interest rates and their economy starts to recover again we are expecting to see significant price rises over the next 5-7 years from a very low starting point today. For example prices in Berlin, one of Europe's major cities, are at €1,000 - €3,000 per square metre in many excellent areas compared to prices of €10,000+ per square metre in Paris, London and other major capital cities.

The Government has moved from Bonn to Berlin and the quality of the city and its architecture has to be seen to be believed. However, until the residents start to see the value of buying their own homes and rents start to rise through greater professional overseas landlord ownership and management prices will remain static. Fortunately huge multi-billion euro investments have been made by UK and US funds in the last year or so and in 2006 we believe that this change is beginning now and the growth has started. We have therefore now begun to carefully select properties for our clients in a select number of locations, starting with Berlin.

Assetz are one of the top investment advisers based in the UK. We provide you with access to our extensive expertise and knowledge about investing in property abroad and bring you a formidable network of experts in other associated fields such as tax, company formation and rentals. We have excellent relationships with a number of top developers in Germany and our knowledge of the German cities and regions can help you make the right move in starting to invest in Germany.

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Assetz Germany is part of Assetz International Ltd, one of the most established and reputable overseas property investment advisers in the marketplace today. Assetz International is a sister company of Assetz plc and Assetz for Investors Ltd and as a group has arranged property transactions of over £130m for our clients. Our news service is used by Google and we are quoted daily in many newspapers and other journals with our property investment expertise and opinions. Our property investment tracker is unique in the world and used by many journals to show the relative performance of different countries for an investor in the prior 12 months.

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