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The Düsseldorf land and development-site market entered 2026 in a clear, if measured, recovery. The Gutachterausschuss reported that total turnover jumped 69 percent to EUR 3.4 billion in 2024 with transaction counts up 29 percent to roughly 4,000 cases, and its February 2026 presentation of the 2026 values confirmed that 2025 sustained that upward trend in both volume and turnover. Yet the pricing picture is differentiated rather than uniformly bullish: the city-wide average Bodenrichtwert sits around EUR 1,147 per square metre, edging down about 1 percent year on year, while unbuilt land prices stayed broadly stable across segments and unbuilt commercial and industrial land actually rose around 4 percent. Residential pricing diverged by vintage, with first-sale condominiums in mid-tier locations reaching roughly EUR 7,350 per square metre, post-war stock stabilising near EUR 4,350 and Altbau around EUR 5,000, and income-producing Renditeobjekte proving especially robust. The submarket map is shaped less by greenfield availability, which is effectively absent, than by a deep brownfield regeneration pipeline. Grand Central around the Hauptbahnhof is the flagship central transformation on former rail land; the Glasmacherviertel in Gerresheim Süd is the largest near-term residential release, a roughly 32-hectare ex-glassworks site planned for about 2,000 homes plus schools and retail; Quartier Central in Derendorf is the maturing 36-hectare freight-yard quarter delivering some 2,000 apartments alongside offices and a hotel; and Reisholz harbour in the south holds large contiguous parcels, including an Aurelis holding of around 310,000 square metres, whose future hinges on resolving a long-running port-versus-development planning dispute. At the prestige end, left-bank Oberkassel anchors the top of the land-value range but offers virtually no developable supply, making it a value-preservation rather than a development play, while the historic city core trades on conversion and densification. Policy is central to underwriting: Bodenrichtwerte are fixed annually by the Gutachterausschuss and published free through BORIS-NRW, Bebauungsplan procedures govern density and use mix on each quarter, and the Handlungskonzept Wohnen imposes affordability and tenure quotas that shape residual land values. The NRW-wide Grundstücksmarktbericht 2025 likewise framed a recovering market, aligning valuer and lender expectations. Over the next twelve months the principal risks are construction-cost and financing pressure on residential viability, planning and infrastructure delays on the largest quarters, broadly flat Bodenrichtwerte that cap near-term repricing, and affordability quotas compressing developer margins. The clearest opportunities are forward-purchasing plots in early-stage quarters such as the Glasmacherviertel ahead of plan-driven uplift, mixed-use repositioning of the Reisholz brownfield should planning resolve, densification of inner-core sites where greenfield land is unavailable, and acquiring resilient income assets riding the recovering 2025 transaction market. Confidence is moderate, grounded in official Gutachterausschuss figures, with project-level pricing for individual quarters not separately published.

yoy: -1 % YoY change in average Bodenrichtwert; bodenrichtwert: 1,147 EUR/sqm average Bodenrichtwert (all uses); commercial land: 4 % YoY increase, unbuilt commercial/industrial land; residential land: 7,350 EUR/sqm Wohnungseigentum first-sale, mid-tier location (peak).