Malta real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Average price: $3,759 / m²
- Gross rental yield: 3.92%
- 12-month price change (USD): 3.7%
- Transaction cost: 16%
- Price basis: national average
Residential property in Malta averages $3,759 per square metre, +3.7% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 29th most expensive of the 70 markets in the set.
What a buyer pays in Malta
The $3,759 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 16% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $60,144 on top of the $375,900 purchase price. That is above the 9.5% median across the set — the entry cost is part of the investment case here.
What it earns
Long-term letting returns about 3.9% gross on the purchase price, 61st of 69 markets by gross yield. Measured against local earnings, the price-to-income ratio is 10.7 — that is how many years of an average local income one average home costs, and it says more about who can buy here than any price figure does.
How this figure is built
The price figure for Malta comes from the source we judge most reliable for this market. It was last refreshed on 2026-07-23. 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; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.
Sources: Eurostat Q1-26 HPI · ec.europa.eu · globalpropertyguide.com · imin-malta.com. Snapshot: 2026-07-23.