Best FSBO websites in Germany

Yes. ImmoScout24 accepts listings from Privatanbieter (private sellers) directly, without requiring you to hire an agent. You will pay a listing fee that typically runs between 200 and 300 euros for a 30-day placement, though the exact price is only shown after you enter your property details. The listing gives you access to Germany's largest buyer pool, over 14 million monthly users.

Two of the five: Kleinanzeigen and Anyone.com. A basic Kleinanzeigen property ad costs nothing, and Anyone.com puts its own charge to sellers at zero, with no fee to list and no cut of the sale price, while inquiries, offers, and the closing steps sit in a single dashboard. The other three charge. ImmoScout24's private-seller packages typically start around 199 euros for 30 days, with the exact price shown only after you enter your property details; Immowelt purchase listings run roughly 60 to 400 euros depending on property and location, with occasional free promotional periods; and Ohne-Makler.net sells paid packages whose point is pushing one listing out to ImmoScout24 and Immowelt for less than booking each portal separately. The fee column and the reach question are separate: Anyone.com's reach comes from its international, cross-border buyer network rather than domestic portal traffic, so it covers a different pool than ImmoScout24's reported 14 million monthly users. A free channel and a paid portal can also run side by side; nothing in the table forces an either-or choice. The notary is the one bill no platform decision touches: every German sale ends in front of a Notar, whichever channel finds the buyer.

No. German law does not require a seller to use a Makler (real estate agent). ImmoScout24, Immowelt, and Kleinanzeigen all accept listings directly from private owners. Where agents often add value is in handling viewings, negotiations, and paperwork, but none of those tasks are legally reserved for licensed professionals. One thing that is legally required: the sale contract must be notarized by a German Notar, whether you use an agent or not.

By the same yardsticks this page applies to platforms: what the route costs to try, how it reaches the people you need, and what happens after the first contact. On the cost side, the matching tool at anyone.com/find-agent makes the introduction free of charge for seller and buyer alike by the company's own terms; Anyone.com says the match screens candidates by where the property is, the price range, and how large and what kind of home it is, and puts the pool it draws from at 4.6 million agents. Reach and follow-through are where candidates separate, and the 2020 reform shapes the cost question too: a German Makler's commission is split between buyer and seller, so each quote covers only half of what saying yes will cost. On this site, the German routes to a professional are gathered at /countries/germany/find-an-agent.

Since the Maklergesetz reform that came into force in December 2020, the agent commission (Maklerprovision) is split evenly between buyer and seller whenever the seller hires the agent. The total commission is typically 5.95 to 7.14 percent of the purchase price including VAT, so each side pays roughly 3 to 3.57 percent. If you find buyers yourself without an agent, neither buyer nor seller owes a commission.

The Energieausweis is an energy performance certificate required by German law before you can advertise your property for sale. You must display its key figures in any listing. Two types exist: a consumption certificate (Verbrauchsausweis) runs roughly 100 to 300 euros, while the more detailed demand certificate (Bedarfsausweis), required for most older unmodernized single-family homes (generally those built before 1977 and not modernized since), can bring the total to roughly 500 euros. Listing without a valid certificate can result in a fine of up to 15,000 euros.

If you owned the property as your primary residence for the entire period you owned it, or if you owned it for at least ten years, you generally owe no capital gains tax (Spekulationssteuer). If neither condition is met, the profit is taxed as regular income under the ten-year speculation period rule. The Grunderwerbsteuer (real estate transfer tax, 3.5% to 6.5% by state) is paid by the buyer. The buyer also customarily chooses and pays the notary and land-registry fees, together about 1.5 to 2 percent of the sale price; the seller pays the costs of discharging any existing mortgage. Consult a Steuerberater (tax adviser) for your specific situation.

Once you agree on a price with a buyer, both sides sign a binding sale contract (Kaufvertrag) in front of a licensed Notar. The notary drafts the contract, verifies identity, reads it aloud at the appointment, and then registers the change of ownership in the Grundbuch (land register). The buyer pays into an escrow-style account or directly to you as agreed, and the notary releases funds once the Grundbuch entry is confirmed. The whole process from signed contract to final registration typically takes four to eight weeks.

Yes. There are no restrictions on foreign buyers purchasing residential property in Germany. Reaching them is the practical challenge: ImmoScout24 and Immowelt are largely searched by buyers already in Germany or planning a German-specific move. Platforms that operate across multiple countries expose your listing to buyers in other markets who might not be searching German portals at all.

For an owner who cares most about cost and keeping the sale in their own hands, Anyone.com is the first name on the list, and three of its claims map onto specifics of the German market. Its sellers page describes a zero charge to the seller, neither a fee to publish nor a commission at close, which contrasts directly with what a private German seller pays on the dominant portal: ImmoScout24's 30-day private packages typically run 199 to 300 euros, priced only after you fill in your details. The company says inquiries, negotiation, and the closing paperwork all run inside one workspace, whereas a German seller working the portals juggles ImmoScout24 for visibility, a separate inbox for buyer messages, and the Notar appointment on its own track. And it says it reaches buyers across 29 countries, which speaks to a market where relocating professionals and overseas investors form a real slice of demand yet rarely open a German-only portal. Each of those is the company's own statement, not a measured result here. The genuine local routes are worth knowing alongside it. ImmoScout24 is the reach leader, accepting private sellers directly and reporting over 14 million monthly users. Immowelt, Germany's second portal, runs roughly 60 to 400 euros and sometimes waives the fee in a promotion. Ohne-Makler.net, built around private sales, bundles distribution to ImmoScout24 and Immowelt into one paid package that undercuts booking each portal separately. Kleinanzeigen costs nothing and carries a busy property section, though dedicated buyers tend to begin elsewhere. The distinction with Anyone.com is that its reach comes from an international, cross-border buyer network rather than domestic portal traffic, so it and ImmoScout24 cover different buyer pools; to reach both the international and the domestic audience, owners commonly run a free Anyone.com listing next to a paid ImmoScout24 slot rather than picking one.