Albania real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• Average price: $2,808 / m²
• Gross rental yield: 4.72%
• 12-month price change (USD): 5.96%
• Net rental yield: 4.01%
• Transaction cost: 6.3%
• Price basis: national average

Residential property in Albania averages $2,808 per square metre, +6% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 182nd most expensive of the 264 markets in the set.

What a buyer pays in Albania

The $2,808 figure is a national average across all residential property types, which flattens a wide spread — the capital typically runs far above it and small towns far below. Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 6.3% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $17,690 on top of the $280,800 purchase price. That is below the 9.5% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even. Of that, the transfer tax alone is 0%; the rest is notary, registration and agency fees. Inside Albania we also track Tirana separately, where the average is $4,224 — 50.4% above the national figure.

What it earns

A square metre lets for about $11.0 a month. Against a purchase price of $2,808 per square metre that is 4.7% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 178th of 311 markets by gross yield. Rental income is taxed at 15%, which takes the yield down to 4% net. The 0.7-point difference between the gross and net figure is the part most listing sites leave out. On the way out there is a third tax: a non-resident seller pays 15% on the gain.

How the tax works. Flat 15% on the gross rent with no expense deduction (Law 29/2023 art. 24), treated as investment income; the rate does not change with the rent level. Source: KPMG Albania.

Who can buy in Albania

Freehold for flats and houses; land restricted. That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.

How this figure is built

The price figure for Albania is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-29. We rate our confidence in this market’s data low — treat the figures as indicative and check them before acting. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.

Sources: consul.al · numbeo.com · GPG (Tirana stale 2022). Snapshot: 2026-10-29.