2012 Housing demand in the greater Munich area. Individual preferences, available supply and spatial scale

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Topic: Investigation of the demand for housing of different target groups in the housing market of Greater Munich. The evaluation of "search stories" - the course of successful housing searches - offers a spatially dynamic view of the interplay between supply and demand. Based on this search path, transaction costs and decision motives in the search for housing can be recorded and evaluated in aggregated form for different types of housing locations. Recommendations for action are derived from the results, which show which target groups can be addressed in which residential locations and how, in view of the dwindling space reserves, residential locations in Munich and neighboring communities can be further developed.

Brief description: Survey of successful housing searches in selected locations for new housing construction in the city of Munich and the surrounding area. Analysis of motives and trade-offs in the residential location decision as well as the search process with the alternative residential locations. Investigation of the found housing offer regarding architecture, urban development, functional equipment, location characteristics.

Participating employees: Agnes Förster, Alain Thierstein, Sven Conventz, Kristina Erhard
Client: various housing construction companies in the greater Munich area together with the Bayerische Landesbank

Report on demand for housing in the Munich area (German)