You are looking at the wrong place (Pegnitz is a suburb of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Prignitz is a rural district in Brandenburg). Looking at houses for sale in the

You are looking at the wrong place (Pegnitz is a suburb of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Prignitz is a rural district in Brandenburg). Looking at houses for sale in the state of Brandenburg with price limit of €10k gives several results (some of them probably dubious but not all): https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-kaufen?price=-10000.0&enteredFrom=one_step_search https://www.immobilienscout24.de/Suche/de/brandenburg/haus-k... It will not be a comfy home for a family but for the type of stuff discussed above it would do (e.g. a formerly abandoned but still standing/stable house).