INDUSTRIA says energy efficiency drives residential property values, warns of stranded-asset risk

• INDUSTRIA Immobilien analysis flags energy efficiency as a key driver of residential returns, shaping cash-flow stability, exitability, regulatory resilience.
• Wüest Partner study of 1.38 million German listings (Q3 2023–Q2 2025) links each worse efficiency class to lower rents, prices.
• Average residential cold rent falls EUR 0.22 per square meter per efficiency class; condo, single-family prices drop EUR 107 per square meter.
• Multi-family purchase prices decline EUR 118 per square meter per efficiency class, reinforcing a structural valuation discount for inefficient stock.
• ImmoScout24 data (Q1 2021–Q4 2025) shows class A prices up 13%, class B up 4%; classes F–H down 4%–12%.
• Report warns inefficient buildings face “stranded asset” risk as energy costs rise, lenders tighten terms, ESG rules elevate retrofit pressure.
• Strategy response centers on buying efficient new-builds, acquiring retrofit candidates, executing upgrades within set timelines to protect value.

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