Apartments for sale in Golem, Albania

Golem has 1,093 apartments for sale, with a median asking price of €93,000 and €1,500 per square metre, which makes it one of the cheapest places on the Albanian coast to buy a sea-side flat. Golem is the resort strip immediately south of Durrës, a few kilometres of sandy beach lined with apartment complexes and summer hotels.

A two-bedroom apartment in Golem (2+1 in Albanian listings) has a median asking price of €88,100 and a three-bedroom apartment €125,000. One-bedroom flats have a median of €69,700. At the median price per square metre, €100,000 buys about 65 m² in Golem. 593 apartments are listed under €100,000 and 978 under €200,000.

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

This is a new-build market: 32% of listed apartments are still under construction, sold off-plan by developers with payment schedules running to completion. Most units are compact one- and two-bedroom holiday flats in complexes with pools and shared gardens; some sit on the first line with a sea view, most are one or two streets back. Mali i Robit at the southern end is slightly quieter and has more finished stock.

Set against the median asking rent for apartments for rent in Golem, the gross yield from asking prices is about 5.2% 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.

Foreigners buy here on the same terms as Albanians, with full ownership. Because so much is off-plan, the developer's track record, the building permit and the payment schedule in the preliminary contract are the checks that matter most. Golem is lively from June to September and very quiet in winter; buyers who want year-round life usually look at Durrës city instead.