Jan Grade
CEO
M.Sc. Geograpy, M.Sc. Geographic Information Science & Systems (GIS)
I have been working at empirica in various positions since 2010, first as a student assistant and later as a research assistant. In 2018, together with Lorenz Thomschke, I started to build the empirica Regional Database as an online database for our clients. Since summer 2019, I have been CEO of empirica regio. I have been a member of the German Association for Applied Geography (DVAG) since 2012 and represent the GIS working group as spokesperson. Since 2020, I have been a member of the Society of Property Researchers Germany (gif).
- Housing Bubble Index Q2/2026: Housing shortage keeps prices stable ( August 11, 2026 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2026: "Frantic Standstill" on the Price Front ( July 21, 2026 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q1/2026: It hinges on interest rates ( May 21, 2026 )
- Housing Price Index Q1/2026: Prices show no clear trend ( April 17, 2026 )
- empirica Vacancy Forecast: Between Scarcity and Oversupply ( March 31, 2026 )
- empirica Forecasts: New Data on Demand for New Buildings ( February 25, 2026 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q4/2025: Rent rise eases bubble risk ( February 19, 2026 )
- First empirica housing market report: no recovery in sight ( February 10, 2026 )
- Housing Price Index Q4/2025: Buying eases, renting tightens ( January 16, 2026 )
- Housing Vacancy 2024: Second Largest Decline in 20 Years ( December 16, 2025 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q3/2025: Bubble risk decreases ( November 13, 2025 )
- Housing Price Index Q3/2025: Market trends and 2025 revision ( October 17, 2025 )
- Family migration to city outskirts is declining ( September 25, 2025 )
- Meet us as EXPO REAL 2025 ( September 22, 2025 )
- Major update of demographic data ( September 2, 2025 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2025: Prices rise further ( July 21, 2025 )
- Housing Price Index Q1/2025: Purchase prices recovering? ( April 16, 2025 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q4/2024: Rents and prices come together ( February 11, 2025 )
- Housing Price Index Q4/2024: New builds at all-time high ( January 17, 2025 )
- empirica regio: contract rents rise slower than advertised rents ( December 19, 2024 )
- Housing Price Index Q3/2024: Slight decline in rental growth ( October 28, 2024 )
- Foreign immigration remains at a high level despite decline ( October 24, 2024 )
- Meet us as EXPO REAL 2024 ( August 30, 2024 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q2/2024: Distribution stagnates ( August 22, 2024 )
- Using regional demographic trends: the Rostock example ( August 13, 2024 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2024: Prices stable, rents rise ( July 17, 2024 )
- The 2022 census - back to square one? ( July 15, 2024 )
- Housing Price Index Q1/2024: Bottom appears reached ( April 17, 2024 )
- empirica Forecasts: trends up to 2045 ( February 14, 2024 )
- Rent burden in Germany continues to rise ( January 24, 2024 )
- Housing Price Index Q4/2023: Purchase prices stabilise ( January 17, 2024 )
- Significant decline in vacant flats ( December 18, 2023 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q3/2023: Fewer regions at risk ( November 20, 2023 )
- Housing Price Index Q3/2023: How long do prices fall? ( October 13, 2023 )
- Market reports: Key housing market data for any region ( September 27, 2023 )
- Housing vacancies between urban and rural areas ( July 31, 2023 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2023: Purchase prices keep falling ( July 13, 2023 )
- empirica on Instagram ( April 19, 2023 )
- Refugees from Ukraine: 600,000 more households need housing ( February 6, 2023 )
- empirica Forecasts 2023/2024 ( February 3, 2023 )
- Housing Price Index Q4/2022: Rents rise, prices fall ( January 13, 2023 )
- Families are drawn further into the suburbs ( December 15, 2022 )
- CBRE-empirica-Vacancy-Index 2022 ( December 2, 2022 )
- top 7 cities are shrinking ( October 19, 2022 )
- Housing Price Index Q3/2022: Rents rise, prices fall ( October 13, 2022 )
- Property tax B unchanged in Top-7, Lorch raises it by 365% ( October 6, 2022 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2022: Rents outpace purchase prices ( July 25, 2022 )
- Singles and families pay most for their flats, Munich leads ( July 18, 2022 )
- Why data quality matters ( July 14, 2022 )
- Commuter flows: metropolitan outskirts gain importance ( May 19, 2022 )
- Housing Price Index Q1/2022: Indices rise again ( April 14, 2022 )
- Employment boost from Tesla: rents and purchase prices rise ( March 4, 2022 )
- empirica Forecasts: 243,000 new units per year ( March 1, 2022 )
- Special analysis on available living space in Germany ( February 9, 2022 )
- Stay up to date - empirica regio newsletter ( January 20, 2022 )
- Housing Price Index Q4/2021: Indices keep rising ( January 12, 2022 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q3/2021: Index continues to rise ( November 8, 2021 )
- Market Studio - Autumn Update 2021 ( November 5, 2021 )
- Update of the empirica regio website ( October 19, 2021 )
- Housing Price Index Q3/2021: Housing market dynamics fall ( October 12, 2021 )
- Suburbanisation ... and still no end in sight? ( October 8, 2021 )
- New analysis tools available ( July 20, 2021 )
- Housing Price Index Q2/2021: Rents and purchase prices rise ( July 15, 2021 )
- Spring Report on the Real Estate Industry ( May 4, 2021 )
- Housing Price Index available for Q1/2021 ( April 14, 2021 )
- New Property Market Data Available ( January 13, 2021 )
- Housing Price Index Q3 2020 ( October 13, 2020 )
- New functions in the Market Studio ( September 23, 2020 )
- Data update and forecasts ( September 2, 2020 )
- empirica Forecasts ( September 2, 2020 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q2 2020 ( August 11, 2020 )
- NEW: empirica regio Shop ( July 21, 2020 )
- Housing Price Index Q2 2020 ( July 16, 2020 )
- ZEIT ONLINE: ''The temporary end of the evermore'' ( June 17, 2020 )
- Housing Market and Corona ( June 8, 2020 )
- NEW: empirica regio GO ( May 25, 2020 )
- Housing Price Index Q1 2020 ( April 16, 2020 )
- Housing Price Index Q4 2019 ( January 20, 2020 )
- CBRE-empirica-Vacancy-Index 2019 ( December 6, 2019 )
- ZEIT ONLINE: Rents in Germany ( November 25, 2019 )
- Housing Price Index Q3 2019 ( October 21, 2019 )
- empirica regio at the EXPO REAL 2019 ( September 23, 2019 )
- Data for cities and municipalities ( September 6, 2019 )
- Housing Price Index Q2 2019 ( July 11, 2019 )
- Change of name and expansion of the management ( July 10, 2019 )
- Housing Bubble Index Q1 2019 ( May 16, 2019 )
- Housing Price Index Q1 2019 ( April 19, 2019 )
- empirica regio on Twitter ( April 5, 2019 )