Montenegro real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Average price: $2,785 / m²
- Gross rental yield: 4.84%
- 12-month price change (USD): 9.8%
- Transaction cost: 9.6%
- Price basis: national average
Residential property in Montenegro averages $2,785 per square metre, +9.8% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 44th most expensive of the 70 markets in the set.
What a buyer pays in Montenegro
The $2,785 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 9.6% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $26,736 on top of the $278,500 purchase price. That is close to the 9.5% median across the set.
What it earns
Long-term letting returns about 4.8% gross on the purchase price, 48th of 69 markets by gross yield. Measured against local earnings, the price-to-income ratio is 13 — 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 Montenegro 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 high: the underlying series is official and current. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.
Sources: Monstat via SeeNews · seenews.com · globalpropertyguide.com. Snapshot: 2026-07-23.
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