If you’ve ever searched for a sublet or short-term rental, particularly in New York City, there’s a good chance you’ve come across Sublet.com. Along with Leasebreak.com, it’s been one of the websites people have turned to when looking to find or post shorter-term rentals rather than traditional 12-month leases.
But something interesting has happened.
As of October 2026, visiting Sublet.com takes you directly to Blueground, a company specializing in furnished apartments for stays of a month or longer.
So what happened to Sublet.com?
A little history
Sublet.com has been around since 1999, making it one of the oldest names in the online sublet market.
In 2020, Sublet.com was acquired by Nestpick, a global marketplace that aggregated furnished apartments and rooms from rental providers around the world, generally for stays of 30 days or longer.
Then, in May 2023, Blueground announced that it had acquired Nestpick. At the time, Blueground said Nestpick would continue operating separately.
So what happened to Sublet.com?
As of mid-October 2026, Sublet.com redirects visitors directly to Blueground.
From a business perspective, that makes sense. Sublet.com built its name over more than two decades, and redirecting those visitors to Blueground could be a valuable way to attract potential renters.
But there’s something else worth pointing out.
Sublet.com and Blueground aren’t quite the same thing
While both companies operate in the flexible-rental market, their approaches have historically been somewhat different.
Sublet.com was a marketplace where people could find individual sublets, rooms for rent, lease takeovers, and other temporary rental arrangements.
Blueground, on the other hand, focuses primarily on move-in-ready, professionally managed furnished apartments.
Both serve people looking for flexibility, but they don’t necessarily serve the same renter.
In fact, we believe Sublet.com’s traditional audience was probably much closer to Leasebreak.com’s audience than to Blueground’s.
Someone looking to take over the remaining six months of another tenant’s lease, for example, isn’t necessarily looking for a professionally managed furnished apartment.
They may simply need a regular apartment for a shorter period, or a room for a few months.
Looking to find or post a sublet?
If you used to visit Sublet.com to find or post sublets or shorter-term rentals in New York City, we’d love for you to check out Leasebreak.com.
We’ve been around since 2013, and we’ve built a marketplace specifically for people looking to find or post rentals generally between 1 and 12 months, including:
- Leasebreaks and lease takeovers
- Sublets and short-term rentals
- Lease assignments
- Rooms for rent
- Furnished and unfurnished apartments
And here’s something important: It’s free to search, free to post a listing, and there are no booking fees. We offer optional paid services, but you don’t need them to use our marketplace.
Over the years, Leasebreak has attracted substantial traffic from people specifically interested in shorter-term NYC rentals, including tenants, landlords, and real estate agents.
We built Leasebreak because we believed there should be an easier way for people to find and post these kinds of apartments without being limited to traditional 12-month leases.
That hasn’t changed.
So whether you’re looking for a shorter-term rental or have an apartment or room you’d like to list, we’d encourage you to give Leasebreak a try.
Find a rental or post your listing for free at Leasebreak.com