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Search request and financing confirmation (Germany)

Last updated: 2026-11-066 min read

This article applies to accounts on the German market (grem.immo).

For buyers and tenants: free

For buyers and tenants everything on GREM is free: the marketplace, market analysis, requests about properties, the search request, choosing a Makler and confirming financing. You find both in the menu under My purchase: Search request, Confirm financing and My consents.

Creating a search request

  1. Open My purchase > Search request and press Create search request
  2. Fill in the form:
FieldWhat you enter
Buy / Rentwhether you want to buy or rent
Property typefor example a flat or a house
City or postcodea city (letters only) or a postcode (PLZ) with exactly 5 digits
Radius5, 10, 25, 50 or 100 km
Roomsthe number of rooms you want
Area from (m²), Area to (m²)the range of living area
Price from (EUR), Price to (EUR)your budget; «from» must not be greater than «to»
Financing verifiedyes or no. GREM sets this field itself as soon as your financing is confirmed; you cannot change it by hand
Contact languageone of the 10 languages of the platform
Commentfurther wishes. The Makler sees your comment only after you have confirmed them
  1. Confirm the consent: your search request is shown to Makler in your region without your contact details
  2. Press Send search request

Below the form it says:

Free of charge. Only one Makler receives your contact details, and only after your confirmation.

You need a confirmed phone number for a search request. Search requests are for private buyers and tenants. As a Makler you introduce your own prospect to a colleague through a partner request.

Status and counter

After sending, the search request has the status Active. Below it a counter shows how many Makler have seen it: «Makler in your region have seen your search request: X».

The search request is seen only by verified Makler with a § 34c licence and an active plan whose office is within the chosen radius.

Confirming a Makler

  1. If a Makler wants to take over your search request, they appear in the block These Makler would like to take over your search request. There can be several Makler. We notify you by e-mail
  2. Look at the Makler and press Confirm this Makler for one of them. By doing so you consent to your contact details being passed to this one Makler. Each Makler's offer is valid until a date shown next to them
  3. The Makler completes the takeover and then receives your contact details. They get in touch with you via GREM

The other Makler do not receive your data. If you no longer want to search, press Withdraw search request. You see and withdraw your consents under My purchase > My consents.

Confirming financing

With confirmed financing your search request is worth more to Makler. Makler see only the badge and an amount range; they never see the document.

  1. Open My purchase > Confirm financing
  2. Choose the Document: Financing confirmation or Proof of funds
  3. Enter the Country of residence and the Amount, €
  4. Upload the document (PDF, scan or photo). If you live outside Germany and prove capital from 1 million €, also add an Identity document
  5. Confirm the consent and press Upload for review

You then see the status:

StatusMeaning
Under reviewAn employee checks the document. Until approval you count as a standard buyer
Financing verifiedThe financing confirmation is approved, with an amount range and a validity date
Capital verifiedThe proof of funds is approved, with an amount range and a validity date
Not approvedThe document was not accepted; you see the reason next to it

We read your documents only with our own text recognition on our servers in the EU, then an employee checks them. We delete proofs and identity documents 90 days after the check. With Withdraw and delete documents or by withdrawing your consent, the verification badge is removed and the documents are deleted.

For Makler: accepting search requests

You find search requests from your region under CRM > Inbox > Offers and requests, on the Search requests tab. The card shows what the prospect is looking for: place or postcode, radius, area, budget, rooms, contact language and, if present, the financing badge. You see the name, phone, e-mail and comment only once the prospect has confirmed you.

Price

CategoryPrice
Buyer€120.00 net
Buyer with proof of financing€190.00 net
International buyer, capital from €1,000,000€290.00 net
Tenant€35.00 net

The category depends on the prospect's verified documents. On the Office and Network plans the plan discount applies. A repeat contact with the same prospect is free.

How it works

  1. Press Accept with the price, for example Accept · €190.00 net
  2. Read the terms in the Accept search request window, tick Read and press Accept with obligation to pay. The price is fixed at that moment
  3. Your acceptance is an offer to the prospect and is valid until a date. You pay only when the prospect confirms you. If they choose another Makler, you pay nothing
  4. If they confirm you, the contact is charged (monthly invoice or card) and unlocked. It goes as a deal into the Sale / letting pipeline in the CRM
  5. Contact the prospect within 3 working days (Mon–Sat, excluding Sundays and the public holidays of your federal state) via GREM telephony or GREM chat. A call from your own phone is at your own risk: the system does not see it, the contact counts as paid, and a refund is excluded

If the payment could not be completed (spending limit, VAT ID or plan), the search request is open again and you can accept it again.

Agencies

With Automatic assignment of search requests the agency distributes matching search requests to its Makler. The assignment is free of charge. Payment is due only when the Makler accepts the contact and the prospect confirms them.

See also

Common questions

What does a search request cost buyers?

Nothing. The search request, the financing confirmation and choosing a Makler are free for buyers and tenants. Only one Makler receives your contact details, and only after your confirmation.

Who sees my contact details?

Makler in your region see your search request without name, phone number, e-mail and comment. Only the one Makler you confirm receives your contact details.

What does confirming my financing give me?

Makler see the Financing verified or Capital verified badge and an amount range in your search request. Such a contact is worth more to Makler. Makler never see the document itself. The confirmation is free for you.

What does a search request cost the Makler?

The Makler pays only if the prospect confirms them: €120.00 net for a buyer, €190.00 net for a buyer with proof of financing, €290.00 net for an international buyer with capital from 1 million € and €35.00 net for a tenant. If the prospect chooses another Makler, they pay nothing.

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