I want to find more furrin listings, so I can be nosy internationally. Any suggestions for easy-to-navigate, easy-to-link-to, no-registration-required real estate websites from outside the USA? To give you an idea what I’m looking for: my current favorites are Redfin and Finn (but I will consider companies that don’t have “fin” in their names).
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For all things Australian realestate.com.au and domain.com.au are always good for a laugh, particularly if you’re checking out the rental properties section…
Also allhomes.com.au
Domain seems to have fairly good quality control, unfortunately. Few funnies in there.
Spoilsports!
The most popular in Germany would be http://www.immobilienscout.de I guess. You have to navigate a bit – so if you need some help/translation, don’t hesitate to mail me,
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Oh, I never let my ignorance stop me!
A similar site would be http://www.immowelt.de
Of course I’d be glad to help with translation, too.
For Australian listings you can try http://www.domain.com.au/ and http://www.realestate.com.au/
For Scotland, there are regional places like
Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre: http://www.aspc.co.uk
Edinburgh Solicitors Porperty Centre: http://www.espc.com/
Though you can just about search the whole of Scotland through the Glasgow
property centre:
http://www.gspc.co.uk
Check out http://www.realtor.ca for Canadian listings. Just don’t expect anyone to be listing igloos.
ReMax has great international access. I once drooled an entire work day away looking at villas in Italy.
for my french fantasies, i like french-property.com. they have a nice wide selection, from this:
http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/ds/poitou-charentes-vienne-isle-jourdain-detached-house/id/10786/
to this:
http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/ds/provence-alpes-cote-dazur-var-saint-tropez-villa/id/271278/
This is a Hungarian one: http://realestatehungary.hu/belepes_en.php
This is the English version. Unfortunately most of the descriptions are in Hungarian only, but I think for example these pictures are funny even without the text: http://realestatehungary.hu/keresov2/hirdetesfeladas.php?action=bovebben&id=4243831&lang=en
I hope I helped.
You can also pipe the pages through Google translate:
http://translate.google.com/
Which will translate the Hungarian text. (Not very well, but also amusing.)
Keywords like “Unique” and “artist” combined with the normal “home” and “sale” etc. will bring up some gems. Stuff like earthships, for example…
Rightmove.com covers the UK and some overseas.
The biggest one in Spain is http://www.idealista.com
Most of the offers have pictures and I’ve spotted a few “jewels” there in the past, so you probably won’t have any problem finding something crazy ^_^
norealtyfees.com from Canada
You may get some chuckles from the following ones in Brazil:
http://www.zap.com.br (you should go to “imóveis” for real estate) and
http://www.imovelweb.com.br
In Canada, mls.ca is the multisite listings.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/?ChangeLocation=Y
Gumtree is like the Australian version of Craigslist, so far as I can tell. Not only can you find a truly special place to live, you can buy chairs!
There’s a couple of NZ ones, for that “unique” quality XD
http://www.realestate.co.nz
and the real estate section of http://www.trademe.co nz
I might have to go visit the french ones too ^^
http://www.open2view.co.nz/ is photo-heavy NZ listing site. Our house is on there somewhere, but I’m not going to just lay down in front of you jackals by telling you which one.
Aw, c’mon… we’ll be nice. Well, we won’t. But we’ll be entertaining.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk for listings in Britain (and a few internationally, I believe) there should be enough properties to look at on there to last you a loooong time
I was going to say http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-property/index.htm (aka TradeMe) is very popular in New Zealand. You can also try the individual real estate sites (Barfoot and Thompson, Harcourts, Baileys). Baileys (www.baileyproperties.com) is interesting as they have some from Fiji as well.
For Madagascan realty you could always try http://mg.anuncioo.com/immobilier (the Madagascan version of TradeMe) although the whole site is in French. Google translate can solve most of those problems for you, though.
http://www.funda.nl/koop/ is the largest propery site of the Netherlands
The big ones in France for normal French people are http://www.seloger.com/ and http://www.pap.fr/. Pap.fr will be a goldmine for you because it is by-owner! Other national agencies include FNAIM, Foncia, Century 21, and La foret, and yes even these so-called professionals all offer sensationally badly-chosen photographs. Happy hunting!
Ireland: http://www.daft.ie/
I suggest http://duproprio.com/
Yeah, Rightmove has the market in the UK. It’s a good aggregator for all the major estate agents. http://www.rightmove.co.uk
More English-language realty listings in Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Indonesia, PNG, and other far south east:
LJ Hooker International
http://www.ljhooker.com/index.php
This is that remax international site:
http://www.remax.com/national-remax-around-the-world/International.aspx
I know a couple in Ireland:
daft.ie
http://www.padraigsmith.com/v1/
Much hilarity to be found in the first because it covers all of Ireland.
Some Greek stuff here:
http://greece.themovechannel.com/property/attica/athens/
Some French stuff here including a PINK apt and a supermodel chair.
http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/ds/burgundy-saone-et-loire-louhans-apartment/id/264106/
I have nothing constructive to add. Just wanted to say that I absolutely LOVE this site and I cannot wait for the international weirdness.
Some popular ones in Finland (though that has “fin” in it) would be http://www.oikotie.fi/asunnot and http://www.etuovi.com/
It seems that Google Translate seems to be fairly OK if you also wish to understand what all the menus and the like are all about.
I used http://www.avendrealouer.fr/ when I stayed in France and I remember coming across a number of pictures that I would never put in an add. Cleaning up before the picture is taken doesnt seem to be very common there.
In Sweden you would find real estate on http://www.hemnet.se, but the houses are usually quite styled before they are put up there.
Looking forward to your finds.
http://www.hemnet.se for Swedish properties. Since I’m Norwegian I think you should some Swedish ones now. It’s really, really fun to make fun of the Swedes
I don’t know about that.
http://www.funda.nl/koop/ is the main dutch site for real estate (koop means ‘buy’)
Some sites from Estonia: http://www.kv.ee, http://koduleidja.ee, http://www.kinnisvaraturg.ee. Hope you’ll find those useful, even though they’re in Estonian.
Good luck, I also love this site!
For french listings, you have http://www.fnaim.fr/ (you can find an english version) it’s quite serious.
A few others : – http://www.orpi.com/
– http://www.laforet.com
– http://www.seloger.com/
Maybe you could find some really nice things here, but it’s not a real estate website, but a free an non-professionnal listing.
http://www.leboncoin.fr/li?q=&ca=1_s&th=1&c=9&w=3&st=s&ps=&pe=&sqs=&sqe=&ros=&roe=&zz=ex%3A75001
If you need any translation… let me know.
http://www.funda.nl for the Dutch market, although I’ve never found anything funny in there.
http://daft.ie/ is the main site in Ireland. And there’s lots of, um, original dwellings over here.
Another NZ one is http://www.nz.open2view.com/ but yeah trademe is good. Oh and http://www.tommys.co.nz/ might have somethings too!
http://www.globrix.com has nigh-on all of the estate agents in the UK. That’s my top tip.
Funda.nl is the biggest in the NL
http://www.funda.nl/koop/bladeren/
I could have sworn http://www.etuovi.com and http://www.oikotie.fi were also available in English, but I can’t seem to find the language selection now. Those are the main sites I use for house hunting in Finland.
Here’s a couple of UK sites. No registration necessary to see pics:
http://www.your-move.co.uk/
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/#pf
In the netherlands is http://www.funda.nl/koop/ the biggest one. Click on ‘koopwoningen’ for real estate. You could find things like this one on it.. http://www.funda.nl/koop/alphen-aan-den-rijn/huis-74940399-barnsteenstraat-67/fotos/#foto-12
In France, there is one very know listing site :
http://www.pap.fr/
There is an english version here :
http://www.pap.fr/?lang=en
http://myhome.ie or http://daft.ie are the sites to visit for Irish listings.
(Although admittedly most of the comedy comes from what the houses were ‘worth’ three years ago vs. what they’re going for now… har har har har….. We’re ALL laughing over here.)
You could try http://www.zoopla.co.uk/ for huge numbers of UK sales/rentals.
There are lots in Buenos Aires, you can check the following (knowing spanish is a plus):
http://www.enbuenosaires.com
http://www.argenprop.com
I challenge you to find something truly horrifying there. The real terrible houses here are not sold over the internet, usually.
Very basic listing spanish for argentina listings:
Buscar = Search
Casa = House
U$S = U$S
Venta = Sale
Alquiler = Rent
Dormitorio = Room
Baño = Bathroom
Cocina = Kitchen
If I accidentally found some really lovely listings sites in the country I’ll let you know.
You may want to check for work permits. There is a Vogon demolition contract for the Earth for an intergalactic express lane.
mls.ca
Oh dear, I’m concerned for your welfare. We may all have to chip in so that you’ll be able to have a salary whilst you search the world for us!
Moscow: http://irr.ru/real-estate/apartments-sale/secondary/
Also, remember the weird and wonderful world of ebay property listings – with the home-taken photos, sure to be some gems on there.
The best 2 Australian sites are http://www.realestate.com.au and http://www.domain.com.au.
German listings at http://www.immobilienscout24.de
I was just about to suggest the same as Liz – they are the two main Aussie sites. There’s also http://homehound.com.au but don’t think it’s anywhere near as good.
Try http://www.rightmove.co.uk (if someone hasn’t already suggested it!)
Another UK one: http://www.nestoria.co.uk/ Includes lets as well. And if you click on “other countries” you’ll find Germany, Spain and Italy.
For the uk:
http://www.findaproperty.com
http://www.rightmove.com
http://www.fish4homes.co.uk
realestate.com.au is fantastic. Hilarity ensues, especially if you view some listings by lesser known companies.
realtor.ca has Canadian listings
http://www.realtor.ca seems pretty good in Canada, though the pictures aren’t huge.
in Scotland http://remax-scotland.com/ has a whole load of houses that aren’t available on the fabulous http://www.rightmove.co.uk/
Swedish real estate website: http://www.booli.se, especially http://www.booli.se/inspiration. Meets all the requirements, only in swedish though.
Here’s another: http://www.viviun.com/
This one for the Dominican Republic meets the requirements. Supposedly the site is also available in English, but I can’t get it to load.
http://www.supercasas.com/reg/do/home.aspx
No problemo. Mi español es muy guapo.
We have this one in Brazil:
http://www.zap.com.br/imoveis/busca-de-imoveis-simples.aspx
These basic words may help the search:
- Casa: house
- Apartamento: apartment
- Comprar: buy
- Alugar: rent
- Imóveis: real estate
- Buscar: search
Hopefully you’ll find some real gems
http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/
Not only islands but also castles etc.
More german castles at:
http://www.schloss-burg-verkauf.de/
The listings for sale are under “Immobilienangebote”
Here’s Ireland’s main real estate site:
http://www.daft.ie
If you’re interested in Dutch houses, try http://www.funda.nl
Here you go, 34 countries in one searchable spot: http://www.relohomesearch.com (Click through for links to individual companies).
With just one try, I got this lovely greenie in Puerto Rico: http://www.tdshomes.com/FSDetail.asp?REForSaleAdID=536026
And this one in Greece (check out this kitchen!) and from the description, “…at the 1st floor, where the entrance is from the side street, a small yard with outside toilet…” Yeah, outside toilet! No photo of that, though.
http://www.ktimatoemporiki.gr/image/5209/
idealista.com is awesome for spain, lots of gems especially if you search for really expensive or really cheap homes in strange areas.
Hi, this is the most popular site in Canberra, Australia.
http://www.allhomes.com.au
This one in Belgium:
http://www.immoweb.be/en/ (some descriptions will not have English translations)
And this one in Portugal:
http://casa.sapo.pt/en/
http://www.allhomes.com.au which is particularly funny if you know Canberra and can discern the dodgy neighbourhoods from the respectable ones.
Swedish:
http://www.hemnet.se
In Germany:
http://www.immobilo.de/
The integrated map is really nice and helpful!
Scotland’s biggest homes site can be found at http://www.s1homes.com Lots of search options on there!
You can use the following property search engine, y used it and it was really useful
http://www.lagraninmobiliaria.com/
Good luck!