THE SEARCH LEDGER · NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE · REAL ESTATE
Every month Nashville types 64,750 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 121 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “nashville real estate brokers” at $19.19.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apartments near me | 27,100 | $4.34 | 41 | transactional |
| 2 | apartments nashville | 6,600 | $3.46 | 9 | 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 | homes for sale 37211 | 590 | $0.56 | 0 | transactional |
| 11 | compass real estate nashville | 590 | $3.65 | informational | |
| 12 | realtor nashville | 480 | $11.83 | 10 | commercial |
| 13 | donelson homes for sale | 480 | $1.29 | 0 | transactional |
| 14 | homes for sale 37221 | 480 | $0.68 | 0 | transactional |
| 15 | realtor com lebanon tn | 390 | $1.11 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | nashville real estate brokers | 390 | $19.19 | informational | |
| 17 | homes for sale 37215 | 390 | $0.31 | transactional | |
| 18 | nashville townhomes for sale | 390 | $3.95 | informational | |
| 19 | sylvan park homes for sale | 320 | $0.66 | transactional | |
| 20 | realtor com hendersonville tn | 320 | $1.61 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Sep 8, 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, Sep 8, 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 | Elliston 23 | 4.2 ★ | 548 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #2 | Bexley Stockyards | 4.4 ★ | 375 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #3 | Sentral SoBro Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 325 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #4 | The Presley Apartments | 4.6 ★ | 302 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #5 | Gossett on Church Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 269 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #6 | Standard Assembly Apartments | 4.9 ★ | 256 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #7 | Sonder Dovetail Apartments Downtown | 4.2 ★ | 249 | Apartment building | NO SITE |
| #8 | 1505 Demonbreun Apartments | 4.4 ★ | 248 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #9 | Haven at the Gulch | 4 ★ | 248 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #10 | Residences at Capitol View | 4.5 ★ | 247 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #11 | The Guthrie North Gulch | 4.5 ★ | 230 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #12 | 2010 West End Apartments | 4.5 ★ | 213 | Apartment complex | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Nashville real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the cheapest rent for an apartment?
What is the most affordable area to live in Nashville?
What credit score is needed for an apartment?
What is the cheapest thing to rent to live in?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Nashville metro, Sep 8, 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 Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Nashville, Tennessee · Real Estate · 121 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026