Germany is one of the lowest countries in home ownership rate and the highest in the proportion of private rented. Unlike other developed countries, German house prices have shown such a stable trend for a long period. This kind of low home ownership ...
Germany is one of the lowest countries in home ownership rate and the highest in the proportion of private rented. Unlike other developed countries, German house prices have shown such a stable trend for a long period. This kind of low home ownership rate and stable house prices could be called ‘an outlier’ in advanced countries' housing market.
This study aims at investigating the reason why the German home ownership rate is so low. So far, less benefit for home ownership than other European countries, reasonable rent regulation, and long-term stable house prices have been the key factors of the reason. For more thorough understanding, however, it requires something systematic views related with welfare regime and power structure of Germany. A housing regime discussion is useful to understand the German housing market more systematically.
The German housing regime has characteristics of corporatism with stratified ownership structure and utilizing the most private sector ability. The housing regime and housing market condition have affected each other to strengthen the peculiar German model. The German model has implications on Korean housing policy especially in institutionalizing private rental market and utilizing private sector for supplying public housing.