THE SEARCH LEDGER · NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE · REAL ESTATE
Every month Nashville types 57,910 real estate searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Real Estate category in Nashville — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 31 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “real estate agent nashville tn” at $30.81.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apartments near me | 27,100 | $4.34 | 44 | transactional |
| 2 | apartments nashville | 6,600 | $3.46 | 6 | commercial |
| 3 | houses for rent to own in nashville tn | 5,400 | $2.32 | transactional | |
| 4 | nashville homes for sale | 4,400 | $2.53 | 19 | transactional |
| 5 | homes for sale near me | 4,400 | $1.14 | 63 | transactional |
| 6 | brentwood nashville homes for sale | 2,400 | $1.96 | 0 | transactional |
| 7 | realtor com nashville | 1,900 | $1.33 | 0 | commercial |
| 8 | east nashville homes for sale | 720 | $1.61 | 0 | transactional |
| 9 | realtor near me | 720 | $19.16 | 65 | transactional |
| 10 | compass real estate nashville | 590 | $3.65 | informational | |
| 11 | homes for sale 37211 | 590 | $0.56 | 0 | transactional |
| 12 | realtor nashville | 480 | $11.83 | 10 | commercial |
| 13 | commercial realtor nashville tn | 480 | $1.13 | 20 | commercial |
| 14 | realtor com lebanon tn | 390 | $1.11 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | nashville real estate brokers | 390 | $19.19 | informational | |
| 16 | realtor com hendersonville tn | 320 | $1.61 | 7 | commercial |
| 17 | realtor lebanon tn | 140 | $5.46 | 0 | commercial |
| 18 | nashville real estate agent | 140 | $10.03 | 24 | commercial |
| 19 | realtor com brentwood tn | 110 | $2.03 | 1 | commercial |
| 20 | real estate agent nashville tn | 110 | $30.81 | 22 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Aug 30, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Aug 30, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are. 1 of them has no website at all.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nashville Apartment Locators | 5 ★ | 2,180 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #2 | Elliston 23 | 4.2 ★ | 545 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #3 | The Burnham | 3.9 ★ | 542 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #4 | Bexley Stockyards | 4.4 ★ | 372 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #5 | Sentral SoBro Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 325 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #6 | The Presley Apartments | 4.6 ★ | 301 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #7 | Gossett on Church Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 269 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #8 | Standard Assembly Apartments | 4.9 ★ | 256 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #9 | Sonder Dovetail Apartments Downtown | 4.2 ★ | 249 | Apartment building | NO SITE |
| #10 | Haven at the Gulch | 4 ★ | 248 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #11 | Residences at Capitol View | 4.5 ★ | 247 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #12 | 1505 Demonbreun Apartments | 4.4 ★ | 247 | Apartment complex | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Aug 30, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Nashville real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
Where is it cheapest to rent an apartment?
What is the cheapest place to rent an apartment in Nashville?
Where can I live if I can't afford an apartment?
What credit score is needed for an apartment?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Aug 30, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
REAL ESTATE IN OTHER METROS
HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Aug 30, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Nashville, Tennessee · Real Estate · 31 keywords · collected Aug 30, 2026
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