Methodology
Every figure in this application is computed live from the three raw website exports. Nothing is hard-coded. This page states the rules that produce them.
Sources
Three website exports form the evidence base.
- Term range searches — search intent: location, move-in date, stay length. 14,400 rows.
- Exit-intent leads — stated monthly budget plus desired term. 2,496 rows.
- Configurator analytics — clicks on room size and occupancy filters per location. 106 blocks.
Validity rules
Records failing these rules are excluded from the affected metric only, never from the whole dataset.
- Budget valid when between EUR 200 and EUR 3,000.
- Stay length valid when between 1 and 36 months.
- Move-in dates are read as the first day of the stated month.
- Configurator blocks without a resolvable location are unusable.
- Emails are hashed on import; no personal data is stored.
- The current, incomplete week is excluded from momentum.
Evidence tags
Each figure carries the strength of its evidence.
- Observed
- Read directly from the raw export.
- Calculated
- Derived mathematically from observed values.
- Indication
- Small sample or proxy measure — directional only.
- Insufficient data
- No defensible statement is possible.
Glossary — every term in plain language
Hover any column header, KPI title or evidence tag in the application to see the same explanation directly where the figure appears.
- Sample (n)
- n = the number of records behind the figure. The larger n is, the more reliable the statement.
- Median budget
- The middle value: half of all enquirers state a lower monthly budget, half a higher one.
- Typical budget range (middle 50%)
- Upper budget range (top 25% starts here)
- Premium budget (top 10% starts here)
- EUR 1,000+
- Share of enquirers whose stated monthly budget is EUR 1,000 or more.
- vs portfolio median
- Difference between this median budget and the portfolio median, in percent.
- Price-sensitivity index
- 100 = the portfolio average. Above 100 means the location has more low-budget enquiries than the portfolio; below 100 means fewer.
- Retained at target
- Share of enquirers whose stated budget still covers the target rent.
- Preferred size (m²)
- Average room size in square metres that demand actually asks for — each size option weighted by how often it was selected.
- Single-occupancy share
- Share of configurator selections for rooms used by one person (as opposed to shared rooms).
- Median stay
- The middle intended length of stay: half of enquirers plan a shorter stay, half a longer one.
- Median lead time
- The middle number of days between the enquiry and the intended move-in date.
- Demand momentum
- Change in search volume over the last four complete weeks compared with the four weeks before.
- Tier
- Market group used for like-for-like comparison. Tier I: Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart · Tier II: Bonn, Dresden, Kiel, Bremen · Tier III: Bochum, Essen, Halle, Ludwigsburg.
- Searches
- Number of search requests made on the website (term-range searches).
- Leads
- Number of enquiry forms submitted (exit-intent leads).
- Valid budgets
- Enquiries that contain a plausible monthly budget and can therefore be used for price analysis.
- Configurator clicks
- Clicks on room options (size, occupancy, features) in the online configurator.
- Unique enquirers
- Number of different people behind the enquiries (identified by a hashed email address).
- Confidence
- How trustworthy the figure is, based on the sample size behind it: high, medium or low.
Confidence thresholds
Confidence follows sample size of the underlying metric.
- High: n ≥ 100
- Medium: n ≥ 30
- Low: n ≥ 10
- Insufficient: below 10
Confidence intervals around a median use order statistics at the 95% level and require at least five valid values.
Excluded locations
Locations with fewer than 10 valid budgets and fewer than 30 searches are excluded from location comparisons.
- Berlin (city-level) — 112 valid budgets, 384 searches
- Berlin Riverside — 4 valid budgets, 0 searches
- Karlsruhe — 0 valid budgets, 0 searches
- Pamplona — 54 valid budgets, 604 searches
- Dresden (city-level) — 2 valid budgets, 3 searches