Frankfurt's premium real estate market is showing signs of a revival in the first quarter of 2026: While supply is growing and prices are falling, demand for high-quality residential properties, which was determined in the DAHLER analysis based on the development of prospective enquiries registered by ImmoScout24, is increasing. This is a key finding of the latest analysis by premium broker DAHLER, which took a close look at the development of the market using data from ImmoScout24. For the analysis, the most expensive ten percent of offers advertised on ImmoScout24 in the first quarter of 2026 were considered. The starting values for this were €9,426/m² on the housing market in Frankfurt and €8,609/m² on the housing market.
"Anyone who buys today checks the price more closely"
According to Björn Dahler, founder and managing director of premium real estate broker DAHLER, the European Central Bank's key interest rate hike from 2.0% to 2.25% will lead to buyers in the German premium real estate market making even more selective decisions. "Buyers will take an even closer look: at the location, property quality, energetic condition, price and long-term intrinsic value. The fact is that those who buy today do so more consciously than in the years of low interest rates. At the same time, the premium segment remains comparatively resilient because many buyers have high equity ratios and do not have to base their purchase decision solely on the financing burden. The current interest rate decision is therefore unlikely to take demand out of the market across the board, but rather to increase the spread: very good properties in very good locations remain in demand, while location, quality and price must match even more precisely for less outstanding properties," says Björn Dahler, classifying the change.
Premium apartments: Central locations remain in demand
In the premium apartments segment, demand has increased by 31% compared to Q1-2025. Frankfurt thus recorded the second largest percentage increase in a comparison of the top 7 cities.







