Real Estate Agents in Almaty

In some previous post, the topic of accommodation was covered, however,  I thought I should just create an additional post about real estate agents, as this question is asked quite frequently by visitors to this blog. 

There are quite a large number of Real Estate agencies available in Almaty. 
My personal experience is that some agencies are more interested in the higher end of the rental market, so if you find that you are receiving poor service just move on the next agency... I am sure someone will value your business. 

Here is a list of those that I am familiar with... there are many more but they tend to be smaller agencies. 

Almaty Property Solutions 

Almaty Real Estate  http://www.are.kz 

Cores Group http://www.cores.kz

Luxor Realty  email: luxorealty@mail.ru Tel: +7 727 3179996, 2324233

Mayor Mr http://major-mr.kz/en/Home.aspx

Scot Holland http://www.are.kz

Solomon Real Estate http://vipflat.kz/

Umex http://www.umex.kz/


The Real estate agencies don't update their websites frequently and I have found that some apartments and houses has been on some of these sites for years. They also tend to "recycle" the photos, using one apartment's photos to advertise a different apartment. So, it can be really hard to judge an apartment based on their websites. The only way to know what you are getting is by viewing the actual apartments. 

However, if you really want to do your research, I have a solution. 
Krisha is a local website where agencies and individuals can post their properties for sale or for rent  http://krisha.kz/. 
This is a good site if you just want to get a realistic idea of what is available at what price at this moment in time, as individuals post on this site on a daily basis. Many locals and those fluent in Russian use this site to find their apartments in Almaty and skip the real estate agents all together. However, if your company will not be assisting you with all the legal paper work etc. in renting accommodation in Almaty, I would not suggest this option to you. 

http://krisha.kz
Google chrome to translate the website in to English - if your Russian is bad or non- existent, at least this site will give you a better idea of what you could find in your price bracket.