Risk Champions: Worst D / D Ratings in Germany – Lukinski Rating

Lukinski Rating – D-rated cities have high risk, because their entire structure is extremely stagnant or even reduced. Economy, inhabitants, infrastructure, that all are indicators. D-Ratings are definitely not for beginners. Here you need not only experience, but also very good local knowledge to find the few, profitable properties. However, you will hardly ever experience an increase in value here.

D- / D Ratings in Germany

You want to invest in real estate for the first time and do not know where yet? Here you will find the D / D ratings in Germany from our analysis Real Estate Location | Lukinski Rating.

Tip: Here you will also find A ratings, B ratings and C ratings.

Cities list with all D

All D-Ratings, sorted alphabetically. You can take the exact rating to compare the column “Value”. You can find the general rating under “Grade”. “Short term” refers to the trend of the last 10 years, long term looks at the last 30 years.

City	BL	Rating
		Note	Value	Short Term	Long-term
Aue-Bad Schlema	SA	D	-0,7	D-	A+
Bad Hersfeld	HE	D	-0,3	D	D
Beckum	NRW	D	-0,3	D	D
Bocholt	NRW	D	-1	C+	D-
Bottrop	NRW	D	-0,1	D-	C-
Freital	SA	D	-0,3	D-	C-
Garbsen	NS	D	-0,7	C-	D-
Georgsmarienhütte	NS	D	-0,7	D	D
Gummersbach	NRW	D	-0,4	C-	D
Jülich	NRW	D	-0,4	B-	D-
Lemgo	NRW	D	-0,8	C+	D-
Mannheim	BW	D	-0,8	D	D-
Nienburg/Weser	NS	D	-0,2	C+	D-
Rees	NRW	D	-0,1	A+	D-
Rottweil	BW	D	-0,5	B-	D-
Saarbrücken	SAA	D	-1	D-	C+
Schweinfurt	BA	D	-0,8	D-	D
Stadthagen	NS	D	-0,4	D-	C-
Strausberg	BR	D	-0,1	D-	C+
Wallenhorst	NS	D	-0,4	B+	D-
Waltrop	NRW	D	-0,2	C-	D
Warburg	NRW	D	-0,9	C	D-
Werne	NRW	D	-0,6	C-	D-
Wertheim	BW	D	-0,1	B+	D-
Wesel	NRW	D	-0,1	C	D
Zerbst/Anhalt	SA	D	-0,9	A+	D-

Cities list with all D-

D- rated cities when looking at the last 30 years and current numbers.

City	BL	Rating
		Note	Value	Short Term	Long-term
Aachen	NRW	D-	-1,7	C+	D-
Ahlen	NRW	D-	-2	D-	D-
Albstadt	BW	D-	-1,9	D-	C
Altenburg	TH	D-	-27,4	D-	D-
Amberg	BA	D-	-3,5	D-	D-
Apolda	TH	D-	-9,2	D-	D-
Arnsberg	NRW	D-	-1,7	D-	D-
Aschersleben	SA	D-	-13,1	D-	D-
Bad Harzburg	NS	D-	-3,4	D-	D
Bautzen	SA	D-	-13,8	D-	D-
Bergkamen	NRW	D-	-2,8	D-	D-
Bernburg (Saale)	SA	D-	-14,6	D-	D-
Blieskastel	SAA	D-	-9,1	D-	D-
Bochum	NRW	D-	-4,8	D-	D-
Brandenburg on the Havel	BR	D-	-8	D-	C-
Brunswick	NS	D-	-1,5	D-	D
Bremerhaven	BR	D-	-4,8	D-	C-
Brilon	NRW	D-	-2,6	C-	D-
Castle	SA	D-	-11,9	D-	D-
Castrop-Rauxel	NRW	D-	-4,8	D-	D-
Celle	NS	D-	-2,2	D-	D-
Chemnitz	SA	D-	-6,5	D-	C-
Coburg	BA	D-	-3,2	D-	D
Coswig	SA	D-	-10,3	D-	D-
Cottbus	BR	D-	-11,5	D-	D-
Cuxhaven	NS	D-	-8,3	D-	D-
Dates	NRW	D-	-3,6	D-	D-
Delitzsch	SA	D-	-7,4	D-	D-
Dessau-Roßlau	SA	D-	-13,7	D-	D-
Dillenburg	HE	D-	-2,6	D-	D-
Dinslaken	NRW	D-	-1,1	B-	D-
Dorsten	NRW	D-	-3,6	D-	D-
Duderstadt	NS	D-	-9,2	D-	D-
Duisburg	NRW	D-	-1,8	D-	C
Eberswalde	BR	D-	-9,4	D-	C-
Eckernförde	SH	D-	-4,2	D-	D-
Eisenach	TH	D-	-3,8	D-	D-
Emden	NS	D-	-2,9	D-	D-
Ennepetal	NRW	D-	-5,4	D-	D-
Erkrath	NRW	D-	-6	D-	D-
Espelkamp	NRW	D-	-3,4	D-	D-
Food	NRW	D-	-1,7	D-	C
Frankfurt (Oder)	BR	D-	-20,9	D-	D-
Freiberg	SA	D-	-9,6	D-	D-
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	NRW	D-	-5,5	D-	D-
Fürstenwalde/Spree	BR	D-	-3,5	D-	D-
Gelsenkirchen	NRW	D-	-4,2	D-	C-
Gera	TH	D-	-18,5	D-	D-
Gevelsberg	NRW	D-	-4,4	D-	D-
Gladbeck	NRW	D-	-1,9	D-	C-
Glauchau	SA	D-	-13,2	D-	D-
Goerlitz	SA	D-	-9,6	D-	C-
Gotha	TH	D-	-7,3	D-	D
Göttingen	NS	D-	-3,8	D-	D-
Greiz	TH	D-	-26	D-	D-
Güstrow	MVP	D-	-12,1	D-	D-
Hagen	NRW	D-	-4,5	D-	C-
Halberstadt	SA	D-	-11	D-	D-
Halle (Saale)	SA	D-	-8,8	D-	C+
Hamelin	NS	D-	-1,3	D-	D
Hamm	NRW	D-	-1,2	D	D-
Hann. Münden	NS	D-	-6,1	D-	D-
Hattingen	NRW	D-	-3,9	D-	D-
Heiligenhaus	NRW	D-	-5,2	D-	D-
Hemer	NRW	D-	-8,2	D-	D-
Herborn	HE	D-	-1,1	D-	D
Herdecke	NRW	D-	-10,4	D-	D-
Herne	NRW	D-	-7,8	D-	D-
Herten	NRW	D-	-4,4	D-	D
Hildesheim	NS	D-	-2,5	D-	D-
Courtyard	BA	D-	-7,4	D-	D-
Homburg	SAA	D-	-4,7	D-	D-
Höxter	NRW	D-	-11,4	D-	D-
Idar-Oberstein	RLP	D-	-11,3	D-	D-
Iserlohn	NRW	D-	-3,9	D-	D-
Itzehoe	SH	D-	-2,3	D-	D-
Kamen	NRW	D-	-4,9	D-	D-
Kamp-Lintfort	NRW	D-	-2,6	D-	D-
Kempen	NRW	D-	-1,9	C+	D-
Köthen (Anhalt)	SA	D-	-18,3	D-	D-
Krefeld	NRW	D-	-4,9	D-	D-
Kulmbach	BA	D-	-5,3	D-	D-
Lennestadt	NRW	D-	-7	D-	D-
Lichtenfels	BA	D-	-3,3	D-	D-
Limbach-Oberfrohna	SA	D-	-2,7	B+	D-
Luckenwalde	BR	D-	-7,9	D-	C-
Lüdenscheid	NRW	D-	-6,8	D-	D-
Lunen	NRW	D-	-2,1	D-	D-
Lutherstadt Eisleben	SA	D-	-13	D-	D-
Lutherstadt Wittenberg	SA	D-	-9,1	D-	D-
Magdeburg	SA	D-	-4,9	D-	C
Marburg	HE	D-	-2,7	C+	D-
Marl	NRW	D-	-5,4	D-	D-
Meissen	SA	D-	-5,9	D-	C+
Menden (Sauerland)	NRW	D-	-6,5	D-	D-
Merseburg	SA	D-	-12,9	D-	D-
Merzig	SAA	D-	-1,8	D-	D-
Meschede	NRW	D-	-4,8	D-	D-
Mettmann	NRW	D-	-1,2	D	D-
Moers	NRW	D-	-1,7	D-	D-
Monheim on the Rhine	NRW	D-	-4	D-	D-
Mosbach	BW	D-	-4,8	D-	D-
Mühlhausen/Thuringia	TH	D-	-5,2	D-	D
Naumburg (Saale)	SA	D-	-2,2	A	D-
Netphen	NRW	D-	-3,5	D-	D-
Neubrandenburg	MVP	D-	-15,6	D-	D-
Neunkirchen	SAA	D-	-6	D-	D-
Neustrelitz	MVP	D-	-13,4	D-	D-
Nordenham	NS	D-	-5,3	D-	D-
Nordhausen	TH	D-	-9,9	D-	D-
Northeim	NS	D-	-3,4	D-	D-
Oberhausen	NRW	D-	-3,3	D-	D-
Olpe	NRW	D-	-1,1	B-	D-
Osterode am Harz	NS	D-	-15,3	D-	D-
Petershagen	NRW	D-	-1,2	C+	D-
Pirmasens	RLP	D-	-6,6	D-	D
Pirna	SA	D-	-3,8	D-	D-
Plauen	SA	D-	-6,2	D-	D-
Plettenberg	NRW	D-	-9,1	D-	D-
Radevormwald	NRW	D-	-4,4	D-	D-
Rathenow	BR	D-	-10,9	D-	D-
Ratingen	NRW	D-	-4,8	D-	D-
Recklinghausen	NRW	D-	-8,9	D-	D-
Reichenbach in the Vogtland	SA	D-	-7,4	D-	C-
Remscheid	NRW	D-	-2,9	D-	C-
Rendsburg	SH	D-	-1,7	D-	C
Riesa	SA	D-	-29,3	D-	D-
Rinteln	NS	D-	-5,6	D-	D-
Rostock	MVP	D-	-4,2	D-	B-
Rudolstadt	TH	D-	-5,3	D-	B-
Saarlouis	SAA	D-	-8,9	D-	D-
Salzgitter	NS	D-	-2,4	D-	C
Salzwedel	SA	D-	-1,9	C	D-
Sangerhausen	SA	D-	-19,4	D-	D-
Saint Ingbert	SAA	D-	-9,2	D-	D-
Schmallenberg	NRW	D-	-1,6	D-	D-
Schönebeck	SA	D-	-20,6	D-	D-
Schwedt/Oder	BR	D-	-31,1	D-	D-
Schwelm	NRW	D-	-2,2	D-	D
Schwerin	MVP	D-	-10,8	D-	C-
Schwerte	NRW	D-	-6,4	D-	D-
Selm	NRW	D-	-1,9	B-	D-
Senftenberg	BR	D-	-17,7	D-	D-
Siegen	NRW	D-	-3,3	D-	D-
Solingen	NRW	D-	-1,6	D-	D
Sondershausen	TH	D-	-10,4	D-	D-
Sonneberg	TH	D-	-2,3	D-	B-
Spremberg	BR	D-	-11,8	D-	D-
Jump	NS	D-	-1,3	D-	D
Sprockhövel	NRW	D-	-1,6	C-	D-
St. Wendel	SAA	D-	-4,1	D-	D-
Staßfurt	SA	D-	-12	D-	D-
Stendal	SA	D-	-14,7	D-	D-
Stolberg (Rhineland)	NRW	D-	-1,8	D-	D-
Stralsund	MVP	D-	-5,9	D-	C+
Suhl	TH	D-	-21,2	D-	D-
Sundern (Sauerland)	NRW	D-	-2,5	C	D-
Übach-Palenberg	NRW	D-	-1,9	C	D-
Uelzen	NS	D-	-2,9	D-	D-
Unna	NRW	D-	-10,3	D-	D-
Varel	NS	D-	-1,8	D	D-
Velbert	NRW	D-	-5,2	D-	D-
Voerde (Lower Rhine)	NRW	D-	-2,9	D-	D-
Völklingen	SAA	D-	-4	D-	D
Waldkraiburg	BA	D-	-2,4	D-	D-
Waren (Müritz)	MVP	D-	-4,4	D-	C-
Warstein	NRW	D-	-12,4	D-	D-
Werdau	SA	D-	-5	A-	D-
Wermelskirchen	NRW	D-	-2,8	D-	D-
Wernigerode	SA	D-	-8,2	D-	D-
Weather (Ruhr)	NRW	D-	-4	D-	D-
Wilhelmshaven	NS	D-	-12,3	D-	D-
Wipperfürth	NRW	D-	-8,4	D-	D-
Wismar	MVP	D-	-12,3	D-	D-
Witten	NRW	D-	-5	D-	D-
Wolfenbüttel	NS	D-	-1,6	C-	D-
Wülfrath	NRW	D-	-2,5	D-	D-
Wuppertal	NRW	D-	-1,7	D-	C
Würzburg	BA	D-	-3,8	D	D-
Zeitz	SA	D-	-26,4	D-	D-
Zittau	SA	D-	-22,5	D-	D-
Zwickau	SA	D-	-15,1	D-	D-

Germany Rating: Capital Investment Location Comparison

Current Lukinski Ratings:

A / A+ Ratings: Hidden Champions

A / A+ ratings means fairly secure performance. Perfect for investment properties with low yield but high, later resale value. At the same time a strong inflation protection. However, in metropolises like Munich, nothing for real estate beginners without sufficient equity.

• A / A+ ratings in Germany

B- / B / B+ Ratings

All B ratings show cities with solid development. Here you can also find yield properties that immediately provide income that covers your monthly burdens around repayment, interest and maintenance. Ideally with additional extra, for active asset accumulation.

• B- / B / B+ ratings in Germany

C- / C / C+ Ratings

All C ratings show cities with lower growth rates. Here, real estate as an investment should be treated with caution, because the vacancy risk is greater. This means that you pay more for every month in which your property is not rented out. In addition, the increase in value of the property is very low, to hardly available.

• C- / C / C+ ratings in Germany

Metropolises (17) 500,000 inhabitants and more

Here you will find all 17 metropolises with more than 500,000 inhabitants. You should definitely avoid the top 8 for your first investment, because there are no or only very difficult returns to get here. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich & Co.

• Rating: Metropolises with 500,000 or more inhabitants

Large cities (67) up to 500,000 inhabitants

Often more interesting than the metropolises, the numerous big cities in Germany. From east (Leipzig) to west (Bonn), north (Rostock) and south (Nuremberg). Here you will find good yield properties with A and B ratings.

• Rating: Large cities up to 500,000 inhabitants

Cities up to 100,000 inhabitants

Your advantage in cities between 40,000 to 100,000 inhabitants? You have less national and international competition. Especially if you live locally, a good strategic advantage, even for real estate newcomers. What’s your city’s rating? Find out here:

• Rating: Cities up to 100,000 inhabitants