Alarm mood: Real estate industry demands measures against decline

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Lange Wartezeiten auf Baugenehmigungen bremsen den Neubau in Österreich. Experten fordern dringend Maßnahmen zur Entbürokratisierung und Beschleunigung, um die Branche zu stärken.
Long waiting times for building permits are braking the new building in Austria. Experts urgently call for measures to make bureaucracy and acceleration to strengthen the industry. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

The representatives of the real estate and wealth lacer are currently alarm in the Chamber of Commerce. In a joint explanation, concern about the state of the industry has been expressed. Chairman Gerald Gollenz reported that brokers, developers and property managers are affected by income losses. Michael Pisecky, the chairman of the specialist group in Vienna, joined this assessment and pointed out the significant challenges that the professional groups have to cope with in the current market situation.

In response to the worrying developments, the specialist association urges urgent measures to promote new housing. "For the years 2025 and 2026 we expect a massive decline for new buildings," warned Johannes Wild , the specialist association chairman from Lower Austria. He emphasized that there will be less newly created residential units in the region for the first time than new households are formed.

challenges in the building permit procedure

A central point that the association addresses is the debustroatization of the requirements that developers must follow. The current building permit procedures are often lengthy and can unnecessarily delay many projects. Gerald Gollenz described the situation of a colleague from Graz, who has been waiting for a development plan for four years for four years. These delays not only create frustration, but also drive the cost for project development.

In order to underline the intolerable circumstances, the affected man in Graz real estate developers plans legal steps against the city of Graz after winning the administrative court years ago. The lawsuit is to be submitted before Christmas and is representative of the dissatisfaction within the industry on the inadequate processing of building permits.

demands for a renovation turbo

In view of the difficulties, the representatives of the industry have created a comprehensive catalog of claims that they would like to present to the upcoming government. "We urgently need a renovation turbo ," said Michael Pisecky. The focus is on legal framework conditions that facilitate thermal renovations of multi -family houses, as well as tax incentives to promote investments in the existing property.

The last time has shown that without direct measures, serious declines in the number of new buildings and objects in need of renovation are threatened. In the current situation, the specialist association sees the need to find proactive solutions in order to stabilize the industry and to cover the housing needs of the population in the long term.