Multi-Family House Investment in Nuremberg (Mehrfamilienhaus)
Whole-building economics: pricing, financing and the condo-conversion option. LDP Group buys in Nuremberg and works with English-speaking partner notaries. FM Zinswerk, an independent mortgage broker licensed under § 34i GewO, advises on and brokers the loan; the tax structure is set by the tax firm Helm & Partner before the notary date; LDP prepares the file and coordinates.
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Multi-Family Houses in Nuremberg: what to know
Whole buildings (Mehrfamilienhäuser) in Nuremberg trade at meaningful per-m² discounts to condominiums: you buy the entire cash flow without WEG co-owners, control your own maintenance policy, and hold the conversion option: dividing into condos (Teilungserklärung) historically unlocks 20–30% value, though designated markets impose conversion permits and 8–10 year tenant protections.
Financing differs from condos: banks underwrite the building's rent roll as much as your income, the 2020 agent-fee split does NOT apply (commissions are fully negotiable), and buildings with modernisation backlogs price the CapEx in: energy-class D or worse now moves valuations visibly.
The Nuremberg market in numbers
Nuremberg (Bavaria) has 547,913 residents. Existing apartments average around €3,680/m² (citywide range roughly €2,370–€6,480/m²), with new-builds at about €6,400/m². Average asking cold rent is about €11.97/m², putting the gross rental yield near 3.9%.
Price momentum: +5.8% year-on-year. 5-year change roughly 0% (immowelt: -0.3%): prices peaked 2021 (~3,924 EUR/m2), corrected ~-8% p.a. in 2022-23, recovering since 2024 (+4.2% in 2024, +5.8% in 2025).
Vacancy: roughly 0.8% (CBRE-empirica Leerstandsindex, marketable rental vacancy 2022). That is effectively full occupancy: supply scarcity drives both rents and letting speed.
Where to buy in Nuremberg
Erlenstegen, St. Johannis and Altstadt / St. Sebald trade clearly above the city average; that is where investment demand concentrates.
Altstadt / St. Sebald: Medieval walled old town below the Kaiserburg with landmark Altbau and rebuilt post-war stock: prestige central address for owner-occupiers and short-stay demand. Apartments trade around €5,000–€6,000/m².
Erlenstegen: Nuremberg's classic villa quarter in the leafy north-east: the city's most expensive residential district with scarce supply. Apartments trade around €6,000–€8,000/m².
St. Johannis: Sought-after Gründerzeit-Altbau quarter along the Pegnitz near the Hesperidengärten: cafe culture, popular with professionals and families. Apartments trade around €5,300–€6,300/m².
Gostenhof (GoHo): Multicultural, gentrifying inner-west district ('Nuremberg's Kreuzberg') with galleries and nightlife: dynamic pricing and strong rental demand. Apartments trade around €4,500–€5,500/m².
Südstadt (Steinbühl / Galgenhof): Dense, workaday quarter south of the main station with high renter share and value-entry prices: classic yield play close to the centre. Apartments trade around €3,370–€3,640/m².
Langwasser: Large 1960s-70s planned satellite district in the south-east with U-Bahn links and green spaces: budget segment favoured by families and buy-to-let investors. Apartments trade around €3,600–€3,740/m².
The district bands come from separate sources and dates, so some sit outside the citywide range quoted above.
Taxes & buying costs in Nuremberg
Property transfer tax (Grunderwerbsteuer) in Bavaria is 3.5%. Add approximately 2% for notary and land registry (statutory GNotKG fees), so purchase costs come to about 5.5% of the price; buying through an agent adds the buyer's commission (typically 2.98–3.57%), while LDP purchases carry no additional broker fee (Maklerprovision) on top of the price. For a standard profile German banks do not finance these costs.
Held privately, the property can be sold tax-free after the 10-year Spekulationsfrist; before that, gains are taxed at your personal rate. Depreciation (AfA) shelters rental income: 2% p.a. for buildings completed 1925–2022 (2.5% before 1925), 3% for buildings completed from 2023, and qualifying new projects started between October 2023 and September 2029 can choose 5% degressive depreciation instead of the linear rate.
General information, not tax advice. LDP Group gives no tax advice: the tax structure is set by the tax firm Helm & Partner (Steuerberater) before the notary date, and LDP prepares the purchase figures and coordinates.
Nuremberg is a designated tight housing market: the Mietpreisbremse caps new-lease rents at roughly 10% above the local comparative rent (Mietspiegel), and the reduced Kappungsgrenze limits in-tenancy increases to 15% within three years. Factor the achievable regulated rent, not the asking-rent headline, into your underwriting.
Data & sources
Figures from the sources named below, mostly portal asking prices, checked in July 2026. Asking prices typically run 5–15% above notarised transaction values: where both exist, the source basis is stated.
Population: Melderegister Stadt Nürnberg as of 31.12.2025 (547,913; official Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik figure: 531,159 as of 31.12.2025).
Purchase prices: immowelt Price Map, apartments (existing stock), estimate as of 01.06.2026.
Rents: Asking rents (Angebotsmieten, new lettings): 11.97 EUR/m2 in Q2 2026, +3.91% YoY: ImmoScout24 Mietspiegel Nürnberg (search snippet; page blocked direct fetch).
Yield: computed from price+rent above: 11.97 x 12 / 3,680 = 3.90% gross. Not independently sourced.
Price trend: immowelt apartment price series for Nürnberg (2025 avg 3,670 EUR/m2, +5.8% vs 2024).
Vacancy: CBRE-empirica Leerstandsindex, marketable rental vacancy 2022: 0.8% for Nürnberg: cited in HypoVereinsbank Wohnimmobilien-Marktbericht Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen.
Frequently asked questions
Can I convert a Nuremberg building into condos?
In designated tight markets, conversion needs municipal permission (§ 250 BauGB) and converted units carry long tenant-protection periods. Factor multi-year timelines, the discount-to-condo-value is your compensation.
Can foreigners buy investment property in Nuremberg?
Yes. Non-residents can buy property in Nuremberg without German citizenship or residency. Financing is available to expats and Blue Card holders; non-residents typically need 40–50% equity, while German tax residents usually bring 10–20% of the price (80–90% loan-to-value as standard, up to 100% with a strong income profile), plus the purchase costs in both cases.
What are the total buying costs in Nuremberg?
On top of the purchase price, budget 3.5% property transfer tax (Bavaria) and about 2% notary and land registry, so about 5.5% in total. Where an agent is involved, the buyer's commission (typically 2.98–3.57%) comes on top; LDP purchases carry no additional broker fee.
What rental yield can I expect in Nuremberg?
Gross yields in Nuremberg average around 3.9%, lower in prime locations like Erlenstegen.
How much is property per square metre in Nuremberg?
Existing apartments average about €3,680/m² to buy and roughly €11.97/m² cold rent per month, varying significantly by neighbourhood and condition.