Owners groan under property tax: 103 municipalities increased assessment rates in 2023. For 2024, experts expect that private properties will be more affected than commercial properties.

In addition to Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia and Oberursel in Hesse, these include Herten in Wittenbach and Offenbach. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the property tax assessment rate was increased by 15 points in 2022. In Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, it rose by 13 percentage points.