Apartments for sale in Albania

There are 7,203 apartments for sale across Albania, from studios on the Durrës coast to large family flats in central Tirana. The median asking price is €125,000, or €1,584 per square metre, and the cheapest realistic entry point is around €51,400. Half of all listings sit between €89,000 and €198,600, which is the band most foreign buyers end up in.

A two-bedroom apartment in Albania (2+1 in Albanian listings) has a median asking price of €101,900 and a three-bedroom apartment €170,000. One-bedroom flats have a median of €84,700. At the median price per square metre, €100,000 buys about 65 m² in Albania. 2,109 apartments are listed under €100,000 and 4,719 under €200,000.

Apartments are the largest part of Albanian real estate; houses, land and commercial property in Albania have their own pages below.

Two markets dominate the numbers. Tirana is the only Albanian city with year-round tenant demand, so it attracts buyers who want rental income in every month, not just July and August. The central coast between Durrës, Golem and Kavajë is where most holiday apartments are sold, and it is almost entirely new construction: 59% of the apartments listed nationwide are still being built, which means buying off-plan with a payment schedule is the normal way to purchase, not the exception.

Set against the median asking rent for apartments for rent in Albania, the gross yield from asking prices is about 5.8% before tax and costs. Rental income in Albania is taxed at a flat 15 percent, and the figure is a snapshot of asking prices, not of signed contracts.

Foreign buyers can own an apartment in Albania outright, registered in their own name, on the same terms as Albanian citizens. The rules that restrict foreigners apply to agricultural and bare land, not to flats.