Germany's state development bank KfW is revamping its heating subsidy program: new conditions apply from July 21, 2026. For condominium owners' associations (WEG), the key question is who is actually allowed to file the application for common property.
A new build sounds like the easy case. For a property management company it is the most demanding phase of all, and our analysis shows: the supply is thin.
In the browser or on the office PC: owners notice in everyday life what their property management company works with. Our analysis shows how rarely it can be identified at all.
By December 31, 2026, all heat cost allocators and hot water meters that are still read manually must be remotely readable. For condominium owners' associations (WEG), this means the resolution belongs on the agenda now, not in autumn.
Almost every new condominium owners' association starts out with a property management company it did not choose. That is normal, and the decision passes to you sooner than many buyers think.
The standard land value (Bodenrichtwert) is an official figure that anyone can look up free of charge. There is just no single federal portal leading to it, and for a condominium it says less than many expect.
There is no fixed statutory deadline for the annual service charge statement; three to six months after year-end are customary and reasonable. If it arrives much later, the condominium owners' association (WEG) has several options, and they start out friendly.
After the federal model, Germany's Federal Fiscal Court has now also upheld the Baden-Württemberg state model. For owners with a pending objection, one detail of the ruling matters most.
Solar power from the building's own roof straight into the apartments: since Germany's Solarpaket I legislation, getting there has become much easier. Our analysis shows, however, that the property management side is not there yet.
When you sell a condominium, you are not just selling your own four walls but also the owners' association behind them. And that association is judged by its records.
Since the WEMoG reform, every apartment owner has had a statutory right to install a charging point, so the whether is settled. Yet in many owners' associations the issue is stuck, namely on the how.
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