Comission-free Apartments to rent in Frankfurt (Main)

Rents in the banking metropolis have been rising incessantly everywhere for years

Just like their "fellow sufferers" in major German cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Dresden and Leipzig, tenants and apartment hunters in Frankfurt am Main have not had an easy time of it for several years. In some cases, double-digit percentage increases in rents in the face of a steady shortage of supply have led to some annoyance among many sections of the population in this city of around 700,000 inhabitants in southern Hesse, which is known as an economic powerhouse. In addition to traditionally expensive neighborhoods in central locations such as the Westend, Holzhausen, Diplomatenviertel, Dichterviertel and Gutleutviertel with current rents between 11 and 22 euros/m², once rather simple residential areas with little demand such as Sachsenhausen, Nordend, Bockenheim, Lerchesberg and Ostend have also become significantly and noticeably more expensive as alternative neighborhoods with prices between approx. 8 and 18 euros/m². Apartments of all sizes between 30 and 100 m² have risen sharply in price since 2011, and the current average rent in Frankfurt of around 12.50 euros/m² is already higher than the Hessian state average (around 9 euros/m²) and almost twice as high as that in the rest of Germany (around 6.80 euros/m²). Also noteworthy are the increases in almost the entire surrounding area, which are largely caused by the rising prices in Frankfurt itself. Urban flight and the search for affordable alternatives have also led to gradual increases in rents in Darmstadt, Neu-Isenburg, Eschborn, Offenbach am Main, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Kronberg im Taunus and Oberursel (Taunus), for example, although not quite as strong as in the "Main metropolis".

New development areas and the conversion of office space should alleviate the shortage

Reinforced by the strong trend toward single households that can also be observed elsewhere - in the city, one in two is already said to be a single-person household - it is generally felt that there is currently a shortage of affordable housing in Frankfurt, above all for young families with children and pensioners with less generous retirement incomes. The extent to which the city's recipes and strategies - new development areas in the periphery and the conversion of office space into residential space - will make a lasting contribution to alleviating this situation, which is not satisfactory for most residents, is not yet entirely foreseeable at the moment in view of the high demand that will continue in the future. Among Frankfurt's already quite expensive residential locations for rental apartments are those in the extended center in particular; prices above the average of between around 13 and up to just under 17 euros/m² have to be reckoned with in Bornheim, Nieder-Eschbach, Nordend-West and Nordend-East, Sachsenhausen-South and Sachsenhausen-North, Westend-North and Westend-South, the station district, the city center, the Gallus and Gutleut districts, the Ostend and Riedberg, for example. Most rents are between 11 and 13 euros/m² in districts and neighborhoods such as the Altstadt, Eschersheim, Ginnheim, Niederrad, Sindlingen, Bockenheim, Nieder-Erlenbach, Niederursel, Oberrad, Rödelheim, Heddernheim and Seckbach. More favorable offers between approx. 9 and 11 euros/m² can still occasionally be found in areas characterized by apartment buildings and/or commercial areas, such as Berkersheim, Harheim, Höchst, Nied, Riederwald, Fechenheim, Griesheim, Hausen, Schwanheim, Sossenheim, Bonames, Unterliederbach and Zeilsheim.

The city offers contact persons, initiatives and programs for tenants

Finding a rental apartment in Frankfurt am Main that suits your personal taste and wallet is not necessarily the easiest task. Those who, due to their possibly too low income or for other reasons unavailable resources, see few chances for themselves on the sometimes fiercely contested local market in this regard, can also turn to the municipal housing office in Adickesallee with applications for housing subsidies (rent subsidy) together with the necessary documents. Information on the municipal housing subsidy amendment of 1.1.2009 and the form for the certificate of earnings are also available there. With its housing supply department, the office also helps families with children, single parents, pregnant women, the elderly, disabled people, homeless people and people in need of assistance to find and arrange housing. It also provides advice on tenancy law, is the point of contact in cases of rent increases, housing and building defects, and runs the coordination and advice centers for communal living. The "Frankfurt Program - Active Neighborhood", which has been in operation since 2000, is intended to counteract the trend toward isolation and loneliness that is emerging elsewhere as well as in Frankfurt.Under theumbrella of the Department of Social Affairs, Senior Citizens, Youth and Legal Affairs, 20 neighborhoods throughout the city are supported with trained neighborhood managers, promotion of neighborhood culture, establishment of meeting places, design of the residential environment, implementation of "clean-up campaigns", employment measures, qualification offers for young people and preventive health promotion for seniorcitizens.

Information on renting an apartment in Frankfurt am Main:

-Rents in Frankfurt are already above the state and national average
- Numerous local companies ensure a lot of influx of employees
- Due to population growth, the high demand continues to solidify
- Even neighborhoods and quarters that were formerly in low demand are becoming more expensive
- In the surrounding area, prices are rising due to many commuters looking for apartments
- At best, there are still inexpensive offers in the large housing estates and on the outskirts of the city
- The city's social programs for tenants are often takenadvantage of