Living & house hunting - real estate, home ownership or house purchase
Living in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
Do you want to wake up in the morning to the crowing of a rooster or the sound of the city? Whichever you choose - in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region you can live the way you want to. Because our motto is: Arrive. Marvel. Stay.
Below you will find some helpful tips for finding the right property, your dream apartment or even your own home in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. We will give you valuable tips on a possible move as well as practical information on what to look out for when buying a house or rental apartment.
Find a rental apartment or home of your own
Once you have found the right rental apartment or the right home for you, you will soon realize: Living here is comfortable and surprisingly affordable! Affordable and attractive living in the city or in the countryside - this is possible in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region like in hardly any other conurbation in Germany.
Rental prices for apartments and houses in the city of Nuremberg, for example, are significantly lower than in other major cities such as Munich, Cologne or Stuttgart. And this picture extends throughout the entire metropolitan region: you can find a well-kept rental apartment in the region for as little as EUR 400 to 500. In the city centers, prices are usually somewhat higher.
Tips & addresses for finding accommodation in the Nuremberg metropolitan region
Numerous online portals are the easiest way to search individually and conveniently from home. Real estate companies, estate agents and private providers offer rental apartments, owner-occupied homes and building plots. You also have the option of placing search ads on the respective portals, which are usually subject to a charge.
In many regional and local daily newspapers you can also find real estate ads or place a search ad. And of course there are also offers to find a shared flat or a furnished apartment. We have compiled some helpful links for you below.
Online portals for real estate searches:
- Immonet
- Immoscout24
- Immowelt
- Sparkasse Immobilien
- Immoscout24
- Immonet
- Immobilien - VR Bank Metropolregion Nürnberg eG (vr-teilhaberbank.de)
- Wunschimmo
- Sparkasse Immobilien
Search for shared apartments:
Student residences:
- Immonet/studentenwohnung
- Studierendenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Studierendenwerk Oberfranken
- Studierendenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg
Search for a furnished apartment:
Rents & 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, if you have two or three rooms or more, you shouldn't have to search long for a place to live. In rural areas, rents are at a lower level than in urban centers. Here you can even find terraced houses with a garden from a rent of €800 to €1,000.
Many local authorities offer a rent index that analyzes the rent level of properties according to indicators such as age, area and amenities. This allows you to easily determine whether the rent for an apartment is inexpensive, average or too high. Find out from the respective municipality or city - the rent index is usually also available to download from the Internet.
Rent or buy - apartment or house
Property prices
Rent or buy? This decision not only has financial consequences, it also depends on your individual future plans and requirements. With a rental apartment, you are more flexible and don't have to worry about the upkeep or maintenance of the building. On the other hand, you have less freedom of design. Buying a property, on the other hand, is an investment in your future as a retirement provision. However, it requires more personal responsibility, more maintenance and the financing of the purchase price with interest, property tax and notary fees.
Here are some practical links to land values and real estate markets:
From viewing to signing the contract
Once you have found the right rental apartment or an interesting home of your own during your property search, arrange a viewing appointment with the owner, estate agent or property management company. In addition to individual viewings, viewing appointments with several interested parties are not uncommon. Now it's time to form your own impression of the property.
Here you will find a practical checklist of what you should look out for when viewing and handing over an apartment.
Social housing & rental
You can also find many an exciting offer for a rental apartment or the purchase of your own home through social associations, cooperatives and foundations as well as some smaller real estate companies. This can be done via the Budenheld website. We can also recommend some other regional partners:
Raum Bamberg
Raum Bayreuth
Raum Erlangen
Raum Fürth
Raum Hof
Raum Kitzingen
Raum Nürnberg
Raum Schwabach
Further links
Immobilien Regionalservice
Discover the regional real estate service in the Nuremberg metropolitan region in our SmartMap.
Stiftung Stadtökologie Nürnberg
Stiftung Stadtökologie is a public foundation with legal capacity under civil law and pursues charitable purposes. Its services include the SAMS initial consultation, on-site energy checks, energy district analyses, events and district campaigns.
