UrbanHome explained simply

We are a Swiss real estate portal for rental and purchase properties. Property seekers can discover listings; private and professional providers can publish properties.

UrbanHome is operated by UrbanHome GmbH. You can find further company information in the Legal Notice.

No. We do not sell, rent out, broker or manage properties ourselves. We provide the property platform; providers are responsible for their listings.

Yes. Properties can be searched on UrbanHome free of charge. You can start directly with the property search or the purchase sections.

On UrbanHome you can find apartments, houses, shared rooms, parking spaces and garages, as well as properties for sale, land and commercial offers. The available categories depend on the listings currently published.

UrbanHome has existed since 2008. Since then, we have continuously developed the platform for property seekers as well as private and professional providers.

We finance the platform through advertising partners from related industries and through Business offerings. This allows us to offer private listings free of charge.

UrbanHome is operated by UrbanHome GmbH. Our location is Zug, Switzerland. You can find further company information in the Legal Notice.

In addition to property search, we offer market data, city portraits and a property guide. This combines current listings with local information and guidance on real estate.

Free stands for free private listings. Simple describes a publication process that is as direct and automated as possible. Professional stands for a clear platform and our commitment to the quality and up-to-dateness of listings.

Innovation, automation and largely automated self-service are important parts of our business model. Automated processes reduce manual effort and support the free offering for private listings.

Quality and up-to-dateness are key trust factors for us. Property seekers should find current listings in a clear and professional environment; the respective provider remains responsible for the content and currency of a specific listing.

Open the property search, select the desired property type and narrow the results according to your criteria. For properties for sale, you can switch directly to the purchase section.

Our search includes fields for property type, number of rooms, price and location, among others. This lets you quickly narrow a broad search to suitable listings.

No login is required for a basic property search. The publicly accessible search pages can be used directly.

Yes. On the search pages, a search can be saved as a saved search. This means you do not have to enter your criteria again each time.

With a saved search, we inform you by email about new listings that match your saved criteria.

Yes. We offer dedicated search and topic pages for shared rooms, parking spaces and garages, as well as office and commercial spaces.

For property-specific questions, contact the provider of the relevant listing. We provide the platform and do not broker the property ourselves.

Yes. We offer separate entry points for rental properties and properties for sale. This lets you focus your search on the desired offer type from the outset.

The city portraits combine local property search with information on residential areas, neighbourhoods and market data. They are intended to help compare a city not only by individual listings, but also by location and living environment.

The property guide contains answers and instructions on property search, renting, buying, living and publishing property listings.

Yes. Private providers can list properties on UrbanHome free of charge without limit. There is no paid listing term and no hidden listing fees for private listings.

No. You can create and publish private listings without registering.

You can list apartments, houses, shared rooms, parking spaces, garages, land, as well as office and commercial spaces for rent or sale, among others.

Yes. We support private rental and sale listings. When creating the listing, you choose whether you want to rent out or sell the property.

Yes. You can list your rental apartment free of charge and reach people interested in taking over the lease. Use the free replacement-tenant search and clearly state the takeover date and rental conditions.

Yes. Parking spaces and garages are among the property types that private providers can publish on UrbanHome free of charge.

Yes. Office and commercial spaces can also be published on UrbanHome as private rental or sale listings.

After publication, your private listing is immediately discoverable and contactable by property seekers.

Our platform currently reaches 311'214 visitors per month. This reach is an UrbanHome platform metric.

We recommend good, current photos, complete information on price, additional costs, number of rooms, floor area, move-in date and location, a clear description, and prompt replies to contact enquiries.

We recommend current photos and complete information on price, additional costs, number of rooms, floor area, move-in date and location. A clear description and prompt replies to contact enquiries can also help provide interested parties with better information.

Yes. The provider is generally responsible for the content and up-to-dateness of a listing. If a property has been rented or sold, the listing must be deactivated or deleted immediately in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.

Yes. Professional providers can use a Business Account and manage properties with company details.

Yes. We currently offer small businesses a free account with a maximum of two listings.

The free Business entry option includes up to two listings and 20 images per listing.

A required software interface can be specified during the Business registration process. We will clarify with you which connection is possible for your system as part of the specific Business setup.

The Business Account is aimed at professional property providers such as real estate agents and property managers who want to manage listings with company details.

Private providers can list on UrbanHome free of charge without registering. Professional providers, by contrast, use a Business Account with company details and management functions; a free entry option is available for small businesses.

The respective provider is generally responsible for the content and up-to-dateness of a listing. We do not accept responsibility for the accuracy of all listing information.

No. We are not obliged to verify all published information for accuracy. However, we may reject listings or block providers in the event of repeated deficiencies.

A property must be available and its description must be truthful. Wanted listings are not permitted. The Terms and Conditions also prohibit stock or symbolic images; images and documents must relate directly to the property and the necessary rights must be held.

The listing must be deactivated or deleted immediately in accordance with the Terms and Conditions. Inactive listings are permanently deleted after 60 days.

Yes. The Terms and Conditions provide that a listing may also be integrated on our partner platforms and/or third-party marketplaces.

No. The Terms and Conditions require the offered property to actually be available. Pure wanted listings are not provided for.

No. Under the Terms and Conditions, images, videos and documents should relate directly to the property offered. Stock or symbolic images are not intended for property listings.

You must hold the necessary rights to the content used. Images, videos and documents should belong to the property offered and must not infringe third-party rights.

Yes. We may refuse to publish unsuitable or rule-violating content. In the event of violations of the Terms and Conditions or platform rules, a user account or use of the platform may also be blocked or terminated.

By publishing, you grant us the usage rights required for publication, technical adaptation, reproduction and distribution of the listing. Under the Terms and Conditions, this may also include display on partner platforms or third-party marketplaces.

The hosting and secure database environment are located in Switzerland.

Personal data that you submit via the contact form for a listing is passed on to the respective recipient or advertiser so that the enquiry can be processed.

Yes. Registered users can correct, change or delete their user profile.

The privacy policy states that stored personal data is generally not sold, rented, given away or published. The exceptions described there apply, for example for directly related services, investigations of misuse or legal requirements.

For general questions about the platform, you can use our contact page. For questions about a specific property, the relevant advertiser is the right contact.

Depending on the function used, we may collect an email address, password, company, title, first name, surname, address, telephone numbers and language, among other data.

Yes. The published privacy policy describes cookies for platform functions, statistics and recent searches, among other purposes. Google Analytics is named as a tracking system; the privacy policy also describes Google Signals.

The privacy policy names Cloudflare as a bot-protection service. The service analyses incoming application traffic to detect and block unwanted or malicious access.

Depending on the legal requirements, you may request access, correction or deletion, object to processing, or withdraw consent for the future. Where applicable, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.

We combine our own platform and listing data with external or official sources. The relevant pages should make clear whether a metric comes from our own data or from a public authority.

Asking rents relate to properties offered currently or during the period under review. Existing-contract rents relate to existing tenancy agreements or corresponding surveys. The two values should therefore not be equated directly without context.

The median is the middle value in a sorted data set. It is less affected by individual extreme values than an arithmetic mean and is therefore often used to contextualise property prices or rents.

This refers to offers that are classified as active at the respective query time according to the filter definition used. The figure is a snapshot and is not the same as completed rentals or sales.

Time-dependent metrics should, where possible, be shown with a reference date or update date. Our platform data can be updated more frequently than official statistics, which may, for example, be published annually.

Values may be rounded for better readability. This can result in small deviations from a detailed analysis.

No. Labels such as “family-friendly”, “urban” or “quieter living” are editorial guidance and not an official classification. The specific street and personal priorities remain decisive.

No. Offer and market data are for guidance. A platform value is not a binding market, tax or appraisal value for an individual property.

Our country offerings cover Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Italy, France and Spain.

In Switzerland, we offer German, English, French and Italian language versions.

Yes. We operate the European markets as separate country offerings or country pages. The respective offerings may differ by country.

You can access the central trust and legal pages directly via the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Legal Notice and Transparency & Sources.

Use the contact page and, where possible, state the affected URL, the specific information and—if available—a more current original source. For questions about a specific property listing, the respective provider is the right contact.