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ThecomparativelylowhomeownershiprateinGermanyisoftenreferredtoasaweaknessoftheGerman
housingmarket.Asitturnsout,thesituationinGermanyisprimarilyduetofourfactors.First,rental
housingmakesupalargershareofthemarketbecauseofanextensivesocialhousingsector.Thehigh
qualitystandardofsocialhousingandthefactthatprivateinvestorswereincludedinthesubsidisation
schemefromthebeginninglaidthefoundationforalargeprivaterentalhousingmarket.Second,
homeownersinGermanydidnotbenefitfromthesamehighsubsidiesasincountriessuchasSpainor
theNetherlands.Third,theGermanrentalhousingmarketwasnotrenderedinoperativebyexcessive
interventionsinrents,aswasthecaseincountriessuchasSpainandtheUK.Finally,Germanhouse
pricesremainedstableoveralongperiodoftime.Therefore,inviewoftheseresults,judgementson
Germany'shousingmarketshouldberevised.
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