Living and house hunting – real estate, finding your own home, or buying a house
Living in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
Would you prefer to be woken in the morning by a crowing rooster or the bustle of the big city? Whatever you decide – you can live however you want to in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. In keeping with our motto: See it. Feel it. Stay.
Below you will find some helpful tips for finding the right property, renting your dream apartment, or even buying your own home in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. We give you useful tips on a potential move as well as practical information on what to look out for when buying a house or renting an apartment.
Renting an apartment or buying a home
If you have found a suitable apartment to rent or the right home to buy, you will quickly realize that living here is comfortable and surprisingly affordable! Few other metropolitan regions in Germany offer reasonably priced and attractive homes in the city or in the countryside as the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region.
The rents for apartments and houses in the city of Nuremberg, for example, are much lower than those in other major cities such as Munich, Cologne, or Stuttgart. And it is the same picture throughout the entire metropolitan region: You can find a well-kept rental apartment in the region from as little as 400 to 500 euros. Prices are usually a little higher in the city centers.
Tips and contacts for house hunting in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
Numerous websites are the easiest way to search individually and conveniently from home. Here, real estate agents, brokers, and private individuals advertise their apartments and houses for rent or sale. You can also search for building lots. In addition, you have the option of placing search ads on these websites, for which there is usually a charge.
In many regional and local daily newspapers, you can also find real estate advertisements or place a search advertisement. And of course, there are also options to find shared apartments or furnished apartments. Below we have put together some links for you.
Property search websites:
- Immonet
- Immoscout24
- Immowelt
- Sparkasse Immobilien
- Immoscout24
- Immonet
- Immobilien - VR Bank Metropolregion Nürnberg eG (vr-teilhaberbank.de)
- Wunschimmo
- Sparkasse Immobilien
Shared apartment search:
Student accommodation:
- Immonet/studentenwohnung
- Studierendenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Studierendenwerk Oberfranken
- Studierendenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg
Furnished home search:
Renting and the rent index in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
In university cities such as Bamberg, Bayreuth, Erlangen, or Nuremberg, small apartments are in demand and somewhat more expensive. However, it shouldn’t take long for you to find a place with two to three rooms. In rural areas, the price range for rents is set at a lower level than in urban centers. Here you will even find terraced houses with gardens to rent for between 800 and 1,000 euros.
Many municipalities provide a rent index that analyzes the rent price of real estate according to indicators such as building age, square footage, and features. This makes it easy to determine whether the rent for an apartment is cheap, average, or a little too high. Find out more from the relevant municipality or city – in most cases, the rent indexes are also available online to download.
Rent or buy – apartment or house
Real estate prices
Rent or buy? Besides having financial consequences, this decision will depend on your individual future plans and needs. Renting gives you more flexibility and you do not have to worry about any upkeep or maintenance of the building. On the other hand, you have less freedom to design the home how you would like it. Buying, meanwhile, is an investment in your future as a form of retirement provision. However, it requires you to take greater personal responsibility, carry out more maintenance tasks, and finance the purchase price along with the interest, real estate tax, and notary costs.
Here are some practical links detailing land values and real estate markets:
From the viewing to the conclusion of the contract
If you have found the right apartment to rent or an interesting home to buy, arrange a viewing appointment with the owner, real estate agent, or property management company. In addition to individual viewings, it is not uncommon to attend viewing appointments with several interested parties. Now it’s all about getting your own idea of the property.
Here you will find a practical checklist of what you should bear in mind when viewing a property and moving into or out of a property.
Social housing and rental
You may also find some interesting properties to rent or homes to buy through social housing associations, cooperatives, and foundations as well as at some smaller real estate companies. This can be done via the Budenheld website. We can also recommend some other regional partners:
Bamberg area
Bayreuth area
Erlangen area
Fürth area
Hof area
Kitzingen area
Nuremberg area
Schwabach area
Further links
Regional property service
Discover the regional property service in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region in our SmartMAP.
Nuremberg Urban Ecology Foundation
The Stiftung Stadtökologie (Urban Ecology Foundation) is a public foundation with legal capacity under civil law and pursues charitable purposes. It provides a range of services, including initial SAMS consultations, on-site energy checks, district energy analyses, event services, and district campaigns.
