Market trends
Interest rates and the Skopje housing market, plus Ohrid, from official sources and listing data.
Average lending rate, Aug 2026
4.67%
−0.23 pts vs a year earlier
Skopje apartment prices, Q2 2026 (YoY)
+13.3%
Down from +16.6% in Q1 2026
Property sales, Q2 2026
€352M
+27.3% vs previous quarter
Rental transactions, Q2 2026
€1.2M
+9.0% vs previous quarter
Average lending interest rate
Average annual rate on total outstanding bank loans, from NBRM’s monthly releases: quarter-end months, then the latest month.
Skopje apartment prices
Year-over-year change in NBRM's Skopje apartment price index, published quarterly.
Skopje: apartment prices per m²
Two measures: what sellers ask in listings, and what buyers pay according to registered sale contracts. Registered prices are usually lower — sales are often agreed below the asking price, and declared contract prices tend to be understated.
Asking price in listings
€2,153/m²
Average of active listings, 30 Aug 2026 · about €1,670/m² in 2025
Highest registered sale, H1 2026 (Jan–Jun)
€3,360/m²
A 50 m² apartment in Centar, sold for €168,000
Registered sale prices (from contracts), H1 2026 (Jan–Jun)
Average price per m² declared in sale contracts, from the Cadastre’s price registry. The report names the three highest municipalities in each category.
Older apartments
- Centar€1,547/m²
- Aerodrom€1,532/m²
- Karpoš€1,523/m²
New apartments from developers
- Centar€1,712/m²
- Karpoš€1,167/m²
- Gjorče Petrov€1,062/m²
Ohrid: apartment prices per m²
From the Cadastre’s price registry. Its 2026 reports give Ohrid’s top sale but no average yet, so the average is the latest one published.
Highest sale, Q2 2026 (Apr–Jun)
€3,200/m²
Older apartment, 66 m², sold for €211,200
Average price, H2 2025 (Jul–Dec)
€1,270/m²
78,100 MKD/m², at NBRM’s fixed rate of 61.5 denars
Sources
Collected from official publications as of 2026-10-04.
- National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) — Average lending interest rate
- NBRM — Skopje apartment prices
- Agency for Real Estate Cadastre — Property sales, Q2 2026; Skopje: apartment prices per m²; Ohrid: apartment prices per m²
- CenaKvadrat (averages of active listings, via racin.mk) — Asking price in listings (private aggregator, not an official source)