HOMEBOY – The Smart Solution for Your Apartment Search in Germany
- Selma
- Jun 24, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Apr 8
Who hasn’t experienced this: you finally find a new apartment listing on one of the major real estate portals, click on it, and then realize with disappointment that countless others have already applied before you. That is frustrating, because landlords often review the earliest applications first and prefer to invite the people who responded quickly.
That is exactly what makes apartment hunting in Germany so stressful — especially in major cities like Berlin, Hamburg, or Munich. New rental listings are often only online for a very short time. If you are not fast enough, you get lost in the crowd.
This is exactly where HOMEBOY comes in. HOMEBOY helps you discover suitable new apartment listings faster and react earlier. Instead of manually checking multiple portals, HOMEBOY brings your search together in one place and informs you about new listings in real time.
The solution to finding your apartment: HOMEBOY – your real estate search engine, but not a traditional property portal
HOMEBOY is not a property portal with its own apartment listings, but your personal assistant for digital apartment hunting. The app searches several major real estate portals for you at the same time — in real time and across platforms. As soon as a new apartment goes online that matches your search profile, you immediately receive a push notification on your iPhone. The support page also describes HOMEBOY as a solution that instantly forwards new apartment listings via push notification through the app.
Real estate portals often have their own saved searches, but there you are always limited to a single portal. HOMEBOY goes one step further and combines several sources into one search. According to the App Store description, it searches ImmoScout24, immowelt, Kleinanzeigen, and other major portals in parallel.
HOMEBOY users find an apartment faster for two reasons:
You get to see many more apartments because we search all relevant portals at the same time.
You can apply for the newest apartments much faster because we forward new listings without delay.
This combination of more apartment listings and faster applications is the key to success when searching for housing. In Germany, there is no real estate search engine, real estate bot, apartment ticker, or other service that works as comprehensively and quickly as HOMEBOY.
It sounds very simple, but this combination of more apartment listings and faster applications creates the explosive mix for success in apartment hunting. There is no real estate search engine, real estate bot, apartment ticker, or other service in Germany that works as comprehensively and quickly as HOMEBOY.
What Sets Us Apart from Others
🕐 Speed: Be among the first applicants when apartment hunting and increase your chances of getting viewings
The first applicants are also the first to be invited to viewings. With HOMEBOY, you are often informed about new rental apartments up to 30 minutes earlier — sometimes even before the official alerts of the platforms are sent out. Our technology detects new listings within seconds and immediately filters them according to your criteria.
You receive instant push notifications as soon as a new apartment listing appears that matches your criteria.This time advantage is crucial: you have a higher chance of being invited to viewings and ultimately getting the apartment before others can even react.
🔍 Number of apartment listings: All real estate portals, one central access
While traditional portals only show you part of the housing market, HOMEBOY gives you a complete overview. We automatically search the eight largest real estate websites in Germany, including smaller providers and regional platforms.
What that means for you: no switching between tabs, no multiple logins, no configuring search filters on every single site. HOMEBOY brings everything together in one channel. Search passively instead of actively — and still be faster than everyone else.
🎯 Smart filters: See only relevant apartments
More listings alone do not help if many of them are not a good fit for you. That is why HOMEBOY offers smart filters so you only see the apartments that are truly relevant to you.
You can also specifically exclude subsidized housing (WBS), exchange apartments, or time-limited offers.
📲 Find an apartment with our HOMEBOY app: get started right away
Most recently, we launched our mobile apps, available on iOS and Android. You can find the HOMEBOY app in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Log in with the login details from our website or register as a new user. Use the app for free if you are looking for an apartment with rent up to €1,000 per month, or test the Premium version free for 7 days to expand your search options significantly.
You can also mark favorites, save your application letter, and much more. Everything you need to apply quickly and effectively for the newest suitable apartments is now in one app.
Who Is HOMEBOY Particularly Relevant For?
HOMEBOY is ideal for anyone actively looking for an apartment in highly competitive housing markets:
People living in major cities who face a lot of competition in the housing market
Students who want to search beyond shared-flat portals only
Working professionals who do not have enough time to keep track of several property portals alongside their job
Families who have clear requirements regarding location and size
Bargain hunters who also want a chance to apply for affordable and highly sought-after apartments
Especially in cities like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, or Cologne, HOMEBOY makes a real difference — because every minute counts there.
Technology That Actually Supports You
Our technology scans all major real estate websites 24/7. As soon as a suitable listing goes online, it is analyzed, categorized, and sent out — without delay. This not only saves you time, but also gives you a real information advantage.
We are also working on an application assistant that helps you get in touch with landlords — with templates, tips, and tools to present your documents professionally.
Why We Developed HOMEBOY
We have been developing technologies for real estate search for years. From the very beginning, our goal was to make these technological advantages available not only to professional market participants, but also to private apartment seekers like you.
That is exactly how HOMEBOY came into being: a smart solution that helps you search for apartments faster, more precisely, and more efficiently. Because we believe that apartment hunting today should not fail simply because you saw a good listing too late.
What Our Users Say
More than 3,500 apartment seekers have already found a suitable home with HOMEBOY — often within just a few weeks. Many report that they were always among the first applicants, which made the crucial difference.
"I was among the first three at almost every viewing – and that was enough." - Andreja, apartment hunter in Berlin and HOMEBOY user
Even if there are initial doubts about the added value of such a new type of service, our users quickly realize that apartment hunting with HOMEBOY really is faster and easier.
What results does HOMEBOY achieve for its users?
Our users find apartments faster, in an average of 6 weeks instead of 6 months
Our users find on average a cheaper apartment because they're always among the top applicants even for sought-after apartments
They find a more suitable apartment - because they often have a choice and don't have to go with the emergency solution
Our users spend much less time actively apartment hunting because all new apartment listings from all platforms are displayed in one view
Our Mantra: Fewer Clicks, More Apartments
Technology should not make your life more complicated, but easier. That is exactly why HOMEBOY is built in a way that helps you get to suitable apartment listings faster with as little effort as possible.
You no longer have to check multiple apps and portals at the same time. You no longer have to keep refreshing constantly. And you no longer have to hope that you discover a good listing in time.
HOMEBOY gives you a digital advantage in the crowded housing market. Whether you are looking in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, or any other German city: with HOMEBOY, you are informed faster, better organized, and closer to the apartments that truly fit you.
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