Property Investment in Dortmund
612,165 residents · €2,610/m² average · ~4.1-4.7% gross yield. Figures from the sources named on each topic page, mostly portal asking prices, checked in July 2026. LDP Group currently buys in Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt and Hamburg.
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The Dortmund market
Dortmund has been subject to the Mietpreisbremse since 1 March 2025: the new NRW tenant-protection ordinance (MietSchVO NRW) expanded coverage from 18 to 57 municipalities and made Dortmund the first Ruhr city included; the reduced Kappungsgrenze (15% in 3 years) and extended conversion protection also apply (source: MHKBD NRW / Land NRW, https://www.land.nrw/pressemitteilung/ministerin-scharrenbach-aus-18-werden-57-nordrhein-westfalen-weitet). The market is tight: surveyed vacancy is only 2.2% (Wohnungsmarktbericht 2025), the official Mietspiegel 2025/26 shows +5.01% in the local comparative rent, and the Gutachterausschuss reports 4,166 transactions in 2025 (+10%) amid scarce building land (only 38 single-family plots sold vs 271 in 2016). Demand drivers are the stable population above 612,000, TU Dortmund and its technology park, and the structural shift from coal/steel to IT, logistics and insurance, visible in conversion projects like Phoenix-See and Phoenix-West. At an average 2,605 EUR/m2 for existing apartments, Dortmund sits far below Cologne (about 4,280) and Düsseldorf (about 4,440) with gross initial yields around 4-4.7%, making it one of Germany's cheapest big-city markets for yield-focused foreign investors.
Neighbourhoods we track
Kreuzviertel (Innenstadt-West): Popular pre-war and scene quarter with cafés and Gründerzeit houses, in strong demand with students and young families. (≈€2,950–€3,200/m²)
Innenstadt-Ost (Kaiserviertel/Gartenstadt): Comfortable middle-class pre-war quarter around Kaiserstrasse with the highest inner-city prices. (≈€3,100–€3,360/m²)
Hörde / Phoenix-See: Former steelworks site, now a flagship new-build quarter around an artificial lake; lakeside top locations trade well above the district average. (≈€2,290–€3,530/m²)
Hombruch (incl. Kirchhörde): Green, family-oriented southern borough near TU Dortmund with the city's highest transaction counts and turnover. (≈€2,830–€3,020/m²)
Nordstadt (Innenstadt-Nord): Cheapest, youngest and most migrant-shaped entry market (average age 36) with the strongest price momentum: existing condos +12.2% in 2025. (≈€1,410–€2,200/m²)
Aplerbeck: Established, older (avg age 47) residential suburb in the south-east with a village core and solid single-family-home demand. (≈€2,590/m²)