Sell land in Leipzig.

Leipzig's land market entered 2026 in mild correction after the interest-rate-driven repricing of 2022-2025. The Gutachterausschuss für Grundstückswerte set the city-wide average Bodenrichtwert at 667 EUR/sqm as of 1 January 2026, down 4.6 percent year-on-year, with the official values approved on 26 February and published via BORIS Sachsen on 6 March 2026. The spread across the city is wide: the central Zentrum district averages around 2,772 EUR/sqm, while far-peripheral incorporated villages such as Althen-Kleinpösna sit near 131 EUR/sqm, underlining that location and use-mix dominate land pricing far more than the headline average. The investment-intent picture is shaped by where development land is being released and activated. Three pipelines define the market: the Leipzig 416 masterplan on the former Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof - the city's largest inner-city scheme at roughly 2,400 units plus over 100,000 sqm of commercial space; the Bayerischer Bahnhof quarter converting former rail land into a central mixed-use district; and the grid-served Zschortau/Rackwitz industrial corridor north of the city, where a 44-hectare parcel is being assembled for a 500 MW data-centre campus. Together these crystallise central residential value and open large-footprint commercial demand respectively. Land-market economics are governed by an active municipal hand. The city's land-disposal programme, often using concept-based Konzeptvergabe, steers use mix and affordability, while Milieuschutz zones and social-housing quotas - around 30 percent rent-controlled at Leipzig 416 - directly shape residual land values. The reformed Saxon Grundsteuer and infrastructure-contribution rules further affect holding and development costs. Over the next twelve months the balance favours selective acquisition on a corrected basis. The risks are real: average values may soften further, developer insolvencies (as at Leipzig 416) can stall activation, and construction-cost and financing pressure compress residual values, while long planning and grid-connection timelines defer commercial-land delivery. But the opportunities are equally clear - buying scarce central and prime residential land before demand recovers, pursuing brownfield and conversion plays in Plagwitz and Lindenau, securing large grid-served commercial and data-centre land in the north, and participating in concept-based municipal tenders. As financing eases through 2026, land transactions are expected to recover from a stabilising base.

yoy: -4.6 % change in average Bodenrichtwert vs prior year; bodenrichtwert: 667 EUR/sqm (city-wide average Bodenrichtwert as of 1 Jan 2026); commercial land: 131 EUR/sqm (lowest district average, Althen-Kleinpösna, 1 Jan 2026); residential land: 2,772 EUR/sqm (highest district average, Zentrum, 1 Jan 2026).