Germany
Berlin — Neukölln · Essen & the Ruhr
~183,000 people of Lebanese background — Berlin hosts the largest community. A renter-majority country where the community is slowly converting to ownership.
Can foreigners buy? No restrictions on foreign buyers. Purchase costs are heavy (~10–12%: transfer tax up to 6.5%, notary, agent) and Berlin rentals are fiercely regulated.
Where Germany searches
The platforms locals actually use. Every link opens the source itself — NAKIL shows you the map; the listings live with them.
WG-Gesucht
Good for studying abroadThe institution for German flatshares and rooms — first stop for every student and newcomer in Berlin.
ImmobilienScout24
Germany's clear market leader for both rentals and sales — the default portal in Berlin's brutal rental market, with agent and private listings.
Immowelt
The #2 portal — the standard second listing venue with meaningful inventory the leader misses.
Agencies worth knowing
The established names a newcomer to Germany would be pointed at.
The city's best-known premium agency since 2004.
National premium franchise with a Berlin-Mitte flagship.
Built for international buyers — service in English and French.
Germany's biggest hybrid/online agency.
Studying abroad in Germany — how it works
- 1WG-Gesucht is the institution — flatshares (WGs) are how students live; expect to 'apply' to rooms with a mini-profile.
- 2The Anmeldung (address registration) unlocks everything in Germany — banks, contracts, university paperwork — so housing comes first.
- 3Berlin's Mietpreisbremse caps rents; a room beats a studio on both price and paperwork.
Looking at it differently? Relocating & renting