Copenhagen real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• Gross rental yield: 2.82%
• 12-month price change (USD): 14.2%
• Net rental yield: 2.06%
• Transaction cost: 1.7%
• Price basis: local-market average

Copenhagen is one of the 314 property markets Glopra tracks.

What a buyer pays in Copenhagen

Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 1.7% of the price here. That is below the 9.6% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even. Of that, the transfer tax alone is 0.7%; the rest is notary, registration and agency fees.

What it earns

The typical home here lets for about $2,399 a month against a purchase price of $1,019,031, which is 2.8% gross before tax. Neither figure is quoted per square metre in this market, but both come from the same source, so the ratio between them holds. It ranks 290th of 311 markets by gross yield. Rental income is taxed at 27.1–30% — the rate is not a single number here. That is the difference between 2% and 2.1% net on the same property. The 2.1% net figure we publish uses 27.1%.

How the tax works. Non-residents are taxed on Danish rental income under the ordinary progressive income-tax rules; qualifying costs are deductible. Global Property Guide's worked examples (with a 30% maximum cost deduction) give an effective 27.1% of gross rent at EUR 1,500 a month and 30.0% at EUR 6,000-12,000 a month. Source: Global Property Guide Denmark taxes and costs (last update Sep 2026).

How this figure is built

The price figure for Copenhagen is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data medium: the series is usable, but thinner or less current than our best-covered markets. We recompute every market the same way, which is what lets Copenhagen be compared with a country average or another city.

Sources: Global Property Guide Denmark rental yields (Copenhagen all locations, 2-bedroom, Jun 2026) [https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/europe/denmark/rental-yields]; Statistics Denmark Nyt 2026-09-29 [https://www.dst.dk/nyt/52405]; tax/ownership/transaction cost from the new denmark row. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.