German domestic housing property loans, unadjusted
German domestic housing property loans, unadjusted stood at 2.5 in % z.Vj. in 2025, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Property market (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2004 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Property market (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
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| Financial Indicators | |||||||||||
| Loans to domestic borrowers entailing commercial property risk by economic sector, housing enterprises, unadjusted | 2.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 26.4 | 6.8 | 5 | 4.4 | |
| Loans to domestic borrowers entailing commercial property risk by economic sector, other real estate activities, unadjusted | 0 | -1.5 | 0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 22.6 | 3 | -0.3 | -0.5 |
Understanding german domestic housing property loans, unadjusted
Corporate borrowing by domestic housing enterprises forms the exclusive subject of this commercial property risk indicator. The data captures loans issued to local businesses that develop, manage, and operate residential properties on a commercial scale. Unlike metrics tracking individual household mortgages, this row monitors the credit flowing to corporate entities engaged in the housing market. It sets itself apart from construction sector lending by focusing on the enterprises that own and manage the residential blocks, rather than the firms physically building them.
Evaluating these unadjusted figures requires adopting a year-on-year analytical framework to smooth out the seasonal spikes in corporate refinancing. Looking at the raw data in isolated bursts risks misinterpreting standard corporate debt cycles as sudden shifts in property risk. Analysts must be cautious not to confuse this corporate commercial risk measure with standard retail mortgage lending directly to private citizens. Data stability is generally high, though structural breaks can occur if major housing associations undergo massive legal restructuring or jurisdictional reclassification.
Frequently asked questions
- Are mortgages issued to private homeowners included here?
- The series strictly monitors corporate borrowing by housing enterprises, entirely excluding retail lending to individuals.
- Does this capture the borrowing of construction firms?
- The metric isolates housing enterprises that manage and operate properties, leaving actual construction entities to a separate category.
- Should the figures be smoothed for analysis?
- Because the data is unadjusted, analysts rely on year-on-year comparisons to naturally filter out cyclical corporate borrowing patterns.