Stadt legt neuen Bericht zum Wohnungsmarkt vor (Wohnungsmarktbericht Stuttgart 2025)

The document titled “Wohnungsmarktbericht Stuttgart 2025” is a comprehensive housing‑market report prepared jointly by the Statistisches Amt of Stuttgart and the Amt für Stadtplanung und Wohnen. It is published by the Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, the city’s municipal authority, and reflects official statistics and policy analyses for the year 2025. The report was automatically extracted from the city’s website and submitted to the tenant‑library promotion system in September 2026.

The report highlights a persistent excess of demand in Stuttgart’s housing market. Despite a stagnant or slightly declining population in 2023‑2024, private households grew by roughly 0.8 % due to a rise in single‑person households. This ongoing demand pressure has limited relief for renters and buyers alike.

Construction costs and rising interest rates continue to hinder new development. In 2024, 1 321 new apartments were completed—a 30 % drop from the previous year—while the total housing stock expanded by only 0.3 %. Building permits fell to 961 in 2024 from 1 092 the year before, indicating a slowdown in future supply.

Average resale prices for existing condominiums fell by almost 5 % year‑on‑year to about €4 130 per square metre, softening the previous decline of 12 %. New‑build apartments, however, showed a modest rise, with an average price of €8 360 per square metre in 2024, roughly 2 % higher than in 2022. While improved financing conditions and higher purchasing power have made ownership slightly more attractive, high price levels and interest rates keep home purchase out of reach for many low‑ and middle‑income households.

The Stuttgart Mietspiegel (rent index) recorded an average net cold rent of €11.15 per square metre in April 2024, whereas advertised rents for newly listed apartments in the first half of 2024 averaged €15.51. This gap of €4.36 per square metre illustrates strong upward pressure on new‑contract rents. In 2024, renters spent on average 29 % of net income on rent; nearly 20 % exceeded the 40 % affordability threshold, a proportion that has remained stable over the past four years.

Stuttgart’s city government has intensified investment in social housing. Between 2023 and 2025, the city’s equity in the Stuttgarter Wohnungs‑ und Städtebaugesellschaft was increased by €200 million. An additional €300‑per‑square‑metre subsidy programme was introduced, and administrative procedures for building permits have been streamlined. Over the last two years, the city allocated more than €32 million to social‑rental construction, including €20.5 million for extending rent‑control and occupancy‑binding agreements for 558 units.

By the end of 2024, Stuttgart’s stock of subsidised dwellings comprised 16 199 units, of which 14 587 were social‑rental apartments with rent‑control and occupancy bindings. The total share of subsidised housing in the city’s overall stock is just over 5 %, remaining stable since 2020 after a long period of decline.

Demand for social housing has reached historically high levels. At the close of 2024, 5 435 households were on the waiting list for social rentals, including 4 023 urgent cases. Issued housing entitlement certificates rose by more than 1 000 to 6 642. In the same year, 284 new social‑rental units were brought into use, alongside a modest number of units for middle‑income and owner‑occupier programmes.

Stuttgart continues to support energy‑saving renovations through a municipal subsidy scheme that dates back to 1998. In 2024, €16.5 million of the €95 million total investment in housing projects was secured from these subsidies, with over 450 qualifying applications. The programme aligns with broader climate objectives and will be consolidated under a new heating‑programme guideline from 1 October 2024.

The Stuttgart housing report illustrates how a major German city confronts the twin challenges of housing affordability and environmental sustainability. Key take‑aways for a pan‑European audience include the importance of coordinated municipal investment in social housing, the impact of construction cost inflation on supply, and the role of targeted energy‑efficiency subsidies in achieving climate targets while maintaining housing stock. The data underscore that without decisive policy action, demand‑driven price pressures are likely to persist across comparable urban markets.