Shortlist for Berlin

ImmoScout24

Property portal for all of Germany, for renting and buying. Some listings are only visible to paying members of SuchenPlus.

Kleinanzeigen

Marketplace for classified ads of all kinds, with a section for property. You can also post a wanted ad yourself.

Immowelt

Property portal for all of Germany, for renting and buying. The address of Immonet now leads here.

WG-Gesucht

Portal for WG rooms, that is rooms in a flatshare (Wohngemeinschaft), and for flats. You can also post a wanted ad yourself.

HousingAnywhere

International platform for rooms and flats for short-term rent. You rent online and without a viewing, and HousingAnywhere checks the landlords.

Spotahome

International platform for furnished rooms and flats for short-term rent. You book online and without a viewing, and Spotahome checks landlords and flats first.

Wunderflats

Furnished flats for a few months. Wunderflats inspects the flats first, and you sign the rental contract online.

immobilien.de

Property portal for all of Germany, for renting and buying.

inberlinwohnen

Shared portal of the 7 state-owned housing companies. You apply on the website of the company that offers the flat.

HomeCompany

Local agencies let furnished flats for 3 to 12 months. Send them a search request and they send you matching offers.

ohne-makler.net

Property portal for all of Germany, mainly for private landlords. The listings may also appear on portals such as ImmoScout24, Immowelt and Kleinanzeigen.

immobilo

Searches property portals.

Immosuchmaschine

Searches property portals and classified ad sites and belongs to Scout24, like ImmoScout24.

keymatch.ai

You describe in a chat what you are looking for, and an AI searches portals and the websites of agents and property managers for you.

Nestpick

Searches partner portals for furnished flats for short-term rent. You book with the partner the offer comes from.

Nuroa

Searches property portals for flats and WG rooms (rooms in a flatshare).

Rentola

Searches property portals for flats to rent and adds listings of its own. You can only contact landlords with a subscription.

EverReal

You create a search profile and get matching listings from landlords who use EverReal. Adler takes applications through EverReal.

Immomio

You create a search profile and get matching listings from landlords. GESOBAU and 2 housing cooperatives take applications only through Immomio.

Waitly

You put your name on lists, one per district, and hear about matching available flats. Grand City Properties announces its flats in Berlin through Waitly.

Tauschwohnung

Besides a direct swap, a ring swap between three is also possible.

Wohnungsswap

Besides a direct swap, a ring swap between three is also possible, as is 1 flat for 2 or the other way round.

SMASH

You mark swap offers you like with “Mag ich” (I like it). If the other side marks your flat too, you both get each other's email addresses.

Wohnungstauschportal der Landeseigenen

Only for main tenants of the 7 state-owned housing companies. The basic rent (Kaltmiete) of both flats usually stays the same after the swap.

Solidarisch Wohnen in Berlin

The group only accepts offers with a reasonable rent, ideally open-ended or long-term. To read it, you need a Telegram account.

WGcompany

Here WGs (flatshares) and people looking for a room find each other through profiles. If you want to start a WG, you can find people to start it with.

Wohnungen und Zimmer Berlin

The group does not publish any rules. To read it, you need a Telegram account.

flatsforfriendz

WG rooms and flats by and for students and young professionals. Most listings come from private people, and commercial ones are marked.

Uniplaces

International platform for furnished rooms and flats for short-term rent, mainly for students. You book online, for at least 28 days.

German Apartment

Booking portal for international students and scientists. Furnished rooms and flats, with the documents you need to register your address.

Erasmus Play

Searches platforms for rooms and flats for a while, and you book with the partner.

HOWOGE

A lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

degewo

A lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

Gewobag

A lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

STADT UND LAND

When there are many applications, a lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

GESOBAU

WBM

After the viewing, a lottery decides who may hand in documents. Your request is valid for 6 months.

berlinovo

Deutsche Wohnen

Covivio

Your request is valid for 3 months.

Adler Group

Grand City Properties

Harry Gerlach

Heimstaden

Vonovia

In Berlin, Vonovia rents out its flats mainly through Deutsche Wohnen.

Apartberlin

Berlinhaus

Habitalix

Also rents out small furnished flats.

Hausverwaltung Bauriedel

Homesk

IMMS Immobilien Management & Services

Living in Berlin

RBB Immo

WGLi Wohnungsgenossenschaft Lichtenberg

Beamten-Wohnungs-Verein zu Berlin

bbg Berliner Baugenossenschaft

Members have priority, and for flats of 3 rooms or more a wait of several years is possible.

Berliner Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892

According to the cooperative, you wait 10 years or longer in popular estates.

Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft

Most listings are open to members only, and for now only close relatives of members can join.

Wohnungsbau-Verein Neukölln

Beamten-Wohnungs-Verein zu Köpenick

EVM Berlin Erbbauverein Moabit

Members have priority, and for more than 2 rooms you often wait several years.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft NEUES BERLIN

Members have priority.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft VORWÄRTS

Wohnungsgenossenschaft FRIEDENSHORT

You become a member before you get a flat. According to the cooperative, quite a long time passes until then.

Wohnungsbau-Genossenschaft Treptow Nord

According to the cooperative, you should expect a longer wait.

Baugenossenschaft IDEAL

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Marzahner Tor

Members have priority.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Friedrichshain (WGF)

Members with a legitimate interest have priority.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Zentrum

Gemeinnützige Baugenossenschaft Steglitz

Members have priority.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft DPF

Fortuna Wohnungsunternehmen

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Neukölln

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Berolina

Erste Wohnungsgenossenschaft Berlin-Pankow

Märkische Scholle Wohnungsunternehmen

Members and their close relatives have priority. According to the cooperative, you wait several years for certain locations and flat sizes.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Köpenick Nord

Berlin Brandenburgische Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Humboldt-Universität

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Weißensee

It takes new members only in exceptional cases or together with a flat it rents out directly.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Solidarität

No new members since October 2023, with exceptions, above all for relatives of members.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Wuhletal

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Wilhelmsruh

You become a member before you get a flat, but it takes only a limited number. After that you wait several years.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Grüne Mitte Hellersdorf

Your request is valid for 1 year.

erste marzahner wohnungsgenossenschaft

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Amtsfeld

Vaterländischer Bauverein

Members have priority.

GEWIWO Berlin Wittenauer Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft

It takes no new members until the end of 2027. Your request is valid for 6 months, and members have priority. Waiting times can be quite long.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Johannisthal

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Altglienicke

Exceptions are made for relatives of the cooperative's tenants.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft MERKUR

Baugenossenschaft Reinickes Hof

According to the cooperative, you wait a long time for an offer of a flat.

Baugenossenschaft Freie Scholle

No new members since December 2023, except partners, parents, children and grandchildren of members.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Wendenschloß

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Treptow-Süd

nordlicht Wohnungsgenossenschaft

horizont Wohnungsgenossenschaft

Gartenstadt Staaken

No new members since April 2023, except close relatives of members.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Treptower Park

Baugenossenschaft Vaterland

Arbeiter-Baugenossenschaft Paradies

Mariendorf-Lichtenrader Baugenossenschaft

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Bremer Höhe

VINETA 98 Wohnungsgenossenschaft

Mietergenossenschaft SelbstBau

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft am Ostseeplatz

NEUES WOHNEN Hellersdorf

Members have priority.

Bewohnergenossenschaft FriedrichsHeim

Members have priority.

mAX Wohnungsgenossenschaft im Märkischen Viertel

It only takes requests for flats with 1, 2 and 2.5 rooms.

Möckernkiez

Wohnbau-Genossenschaft Groß-Berlin

Siedlung Lankwitz

Selbstbaugenossenschaft Berlin

Mietergenossenschaft Wöhlertgarten

Forum Kreuzberg Wohngenossenschaft

UCB Blaue Insel

Flats that need a WBS (Wohnberechtigungsschein), a certificate that lets you rent subsidised flats, are let by social organisations.

Bau- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft Postheimstätte

Berliner Wohnungsgenossenschaft Nord Ost 77

New listings are open to members only for the first 14 days, then to everyone.

DIESE eG

Buys buildings to protect their tenants from displacement. You must be a member to apply.

genowo Genossenschaft für Wohnprojekte

GeWoSüd Genossenschaftliches Wohnen Berlin-Süd

Your request is valid for 12 months and can be extended.

GWG Berliner Bär

According to the cooperative, you wait 3 to more than 10 years for a flat, depending on the area.

Habitat Wohnungsgenossenschaft 1997

The flats are in community housing projects.

Luisenstadt Grundstückverwaltungsgenossenschaft

Members have priority. A lottery limits the applications to 20.

Märkische Baugenossenschaft

Mietergenossenschaft Unionplatz Tiergarten (MUT)

Its website is aimed at members.

Selbstverwaltete Ostberliner GenossInnenschaft (S.O.G.)

Siedlungsverein Daheim

Stadtbürgergenossenschaft von 2010

The flats are in multi-generation houses.

UCB Rot Buckow

A community housing project where people with disabilities live next door to the other members.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Hellersdorfer Kiez

Your request is valid for 6 months.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Mollstraße

Sewanstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Franz-Mehring-Platz

Waiting time over 18 months.

Johanneum

Quota of at least 61% for theology students, open to all subjects and religions. A committee chooses. Deadlines: 30 June and 20 January.

Coppistraße (Hans und Hilde Coppi)

Waiting time over 18 months, for flats for several people 7 to 18 months.

Wassertorplatz

Waiting time over 18 months. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

Aristotelessteig

Waiting time over 18 months.

Allee der Kosmonauten

Waiting time over 18 months.

Neue Hochstraße

Waiting time over 18 months. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

Wohnheim Berlin

For students and young people in training, interns live in the house too. You apply with an application sheet by email, fax or post.

Fraunhoferstraße

Only for female students, their partners may move in with them. Waiting time over 24 months, for rooms for one person over 18 months.

Halbauer Weg

Waiting time 7 to 18 months.

Storkower Straße (Ferdinand Thomas)

Waiting time over 18 months, for flats for several people 7 to 18 months.

Danckelmannstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Oberfeldstraße (Victor Jara)

Waiting time over 18 months, for flats for several people 7 to 18 months.

Siegmunds Hof

Waiting time over 18 months.

Spandauer Damm

Waiting time over 18 months. Especially suited to students with children. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

Theologisches Konvikt

Protestant hall, open to all subjects and faiths. A committee chooses who moves in. You must join the association to sign the contract.

Gelfertstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Goerzallee

Waiting time 7 to 18 months.

Nollendorfstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Eichkamp

Waiting time for rooms for one person 7 to 18 months, otherwise over 18 months.

Dauerwaldweg

Waiting time over 18 months.

Juliusstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Düsseldorfer Straße

Empty during its renovation since spring 2026, so you cannot apply at the moment.

Hoppestraße

Only for students of TU Berlin. Waiting time 7 to 18 months. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

Mollwitzstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Augustenburger Platz

Waiting time over 24 months, for flats for one person over 18 months. Also suited to students with children. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

Hubertusallee

Waiting time over 18 months.

Pfalzburgerstraße

Waiting time over 18 months. The flatmates choose who gets a free room.

GESOcampus Quartier Alt-Wittenau

For students and apprentices under 21, with a WBS 100 or 140. Places go in the order in which complete applications arrive.

Derfflingerstraße (Haus Unger)

Waiting time over 18 months.

Bitscherstraße, Garystraße und Clayallee

Waiting time over 18 months.

Potsdamer Straße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Walter-Friedländer-Straße 7

For students. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Moab

For students and apprentices aged 18 to 29 who take part in community life. All rooms are taken, but rooms become free again during the year.

Ostendstraße 19

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Siemensstraße 6

For students only, limited to your time as a student. There are also rooms in a women-only shared flat.

Storkower Straße 205 A

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Hardenbergstraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Friedenhorster Straße 10

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Brentanostraße

Waiting time over 18 months.

Dröpkeweg 2a

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Am Tierpark 44

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Hermann-Dorner-Allee

Only for students with a valid certificate of enrolment. A lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

Rhinstraße 59-79

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Selma-Lagerlöf-Straße 10-16

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Am Falkenberg 11D

For students and apprentices, one-year contract, renewable with proof. Applications are dealt with in the order they arrive.

Bergaustraße 60

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

GESOcampus Hellersdorf

For students at universities in Berlin and Brandenburg. The contract runs for 24 months, then for one more year at most.

Studentendorf Schlachtensee

For the winter semester, the Studentendorf advises you to apply at least 3 months ahead.

Haus Brunnenstraße

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Haus Hanielweg

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Sewanstraße 258

For students only. The contract is limited to your time as a student, 42 months at most for a first degree.

Living House Berlin

For students, apprentices and interns. There are mixed shared flats and women-only ones.

StudentHouse Plänterwald

Only for students with a valid certificate of enrolment. A lottery decides who is invited to a viewing.

Brückenstraße 12-13

Only for full-time students of universities in Berlin and Potsdam. The contract is limited to your time as a student.

Walter-May-Haus

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Studentendorf Adlershof

For the winter semester, the Studentendorf advises you to apply at least 3 months ahead.

Studio:B II

Also for trainees, interns, doctoral candidates and school pupils. No apartments available now, more listings on the manager's ImmoScout24 profile.

CAMPO NOVO Berlin

Also for trainees and school pupils, each with proof. If nothing is free, you can join a waiting list.

Lotte Laserstein Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

Haus Keithstraße

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Häuser Alfred-Jung-Straße

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Paul-Hertz-Haus

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

Campus Viva Berlin II, Koloniestraße

Under construction, the 3 free apartments start on 1 December 2026. For students, apprentices and interns, with proof.

David Friedländer Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

Campus Viva Berlin I, Jülicher Straße

For students, apprentices and interns, with proof. Without income of your own you need a guarantor.

Ernst-Reuter-Häuser

Students have priority, then apprentices, interns and language students. You get the contract only after paying the deposit and first rent.

STUDYO Tierpark

Only for students with a valid certificate of enrolment.

Neon Wood Berlin Adlershof

For study and training, with proof. You book online.

SPREEPOLIS

The 1st to 3rd floors are for students only, the 4th does not carry this note. If you do not study, you hand in proof of salary.

Neon Wood Berlin Frankfurter Tor

For study and training, with proof. You book online.

Neon Wood Berlin Mitte-Wedding

For study and training, with proof. You book online.

THE FIZZ Berlin Friedrichshain

For students, apprentices and interns, with proof.

THE FIZZ Berlin Kreuzberg

For students, apprentices and interns, with proof. If nothing is free, there is a waiting list.

The Social Hub Berlin

Hotel contract (“Hotel Student Stay”) with fixed dates, 12 months at most, no rent allowance (Wohngeld). Students only.

Amrumer Straße 16 und 36

Both buildings are arranged in living groups of up to 15 students, with apartments, shared flats and shared areas.

Berlin Clay

Only for people in higher education or vocational training.

Berlin Oak

Berlin Yard II

Bremer Straße 11 und 12

For apprentices and students. The apartments form living groups of 1, 2 or 3 apartments, and a group shares a kitchen and bathroom.

Dominikus-WG

For enrolled students and doctoral candidates. For the winter semester all free rooms are taken. Active participation in the KSG is expected.

Nordbahnstraße 12-14

A house with 62 flats for students, 21 of them barrier-free. Free flats are shown on the GESOBAU's page for students.

Schlieperstraße 64

For students only. Letting starts in November 2026.

Steglitzer Damm 60

57 flats with 1 to 4 rooms for students.

Studentenwohnhaus Edith Stein

Students only. No flat is free at the moment, free flats appear in the flat search on the page.

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domoAI

You write on WhatsApp what you are looking for and get matching listings. It sends new ones by WhatsApp or email.

Homeboy

An app that sends new listings from large portals by push notification and email. For free, it only searches for flats with a rent of up to €1,000.

Immo-Bot

Telegram bot that checks the websites of state-owned housing companies.

Immobilien Bot

App that sends new listings as push notifications and, if you like, by Telegram. You draw the search area on a map.

Immobot

App that sends new listings from portals and housing companies all over Germany.

Immomessenger

The Telegram channel posts new flats to rent from Kleinanzeigen, the same for everyone instead of matching your search profile.

MietAlert

Telegram bot for the flats of large Berlin landlords. With the subscription you apply to some of them with one click.

Mietbot

Telegram bot for the flats of large Berlin landlords. You choose which websites it checks for you.

MietWatch

Sends new listings by Telegram, based on your search profile with the districts you choose. For free, you get up to 3 matches a day.

WohnAlert

Sends new flats straight from the landlords' websites, including housing cooperatives. You install the app through your browser.

Wohnticker

A newsletter that sends you new listings by email several times a day, to rent or to buy.

Wohnungs-Alarm

Shows new listings from ImmoScout24 in Berlin on one page as they come in, without sign-up.

Wohnungsbot Berlin

Sends new flats to rent in Berlin by app or Telegram. It leaves out WG rooms (rooms in a flatshare), sublets and swaps.

Immo Scanner

Applies on ImmoScout24, Immowelt and Kleinanzeigen through a Chrome extension that fills in the forms for you.

Traumwohnung

Applies on ImmoScout24, Immowelt and Immonet, by default through a Traumwohnung account. You can connect your own.

WohnAutopilot

Applies through the forms of large Berlin landlords, without an account on a portal. You click the link in the confirmation email yourself.

Wohnly

Applies on ImmoScout24, Kleinanzeigen and WG-Gesucht with your account, and on Immowelt. For other sources, it only tells you about new listings.