Thinking of selling with Homes of Quality?
You have picked your agency. This page is about what happens next: what we can see of Homes of Quality in our own index, what they publish about selling, what selling a property in Malta actually involves, and the questions worth putting to them at the valuation.
Based on 307 of their listings indexed on Darscover, read on 31 October 2026
What we can see of Homes of Quality
Everything in this section is a fact about the Darscover index, read on 31 October 2026. It is what we hold, not a statement about Homes of Quality's whole book, which we cannot see.
- 307 Homes of Quality properties for sale are currently indexed on Darscover.
- Their stock indexed on Darscover concentrates in Sliema, St. Julian's, Swieqi and Rabat, with 43 listings in Sliema alone.
- The median asking price across their for-sale stock indexed on Darscover is EUR 1,100,000.
- Half of what we have indexed on Darscover for them is priced between EUR 627,500 and EUR 2,658,500.
- By type, the largest share of their stock indexed on Darscover is apartments: 100 of 307.
- Their listings currently indexed on Darscover have been on our index for a median of 31 days.
Looking for their offices, phone numbers and current listings instead? That is on the Homes of Quality profile page. Their offices, contact details and current listings are on the Homes of Quality profile.
What homes are fetching where Homes of Quality works
Median asking prices from the listings on Darscover, read on 31 October 2026. A median is a starting point, not a valuation of your property.
- Sliema
- EUR 1,090,000
- across 700 listings
- St. Julian's
- EUR 875,000
- across 723 listings
- Swieqi
- EUR 648,000
- across 423 listings
Free, and you get the figure before we ask you for anything.
Half of the 307 listings we index for them are priced between EUR 627,500 and EUR 2,658,500
The questions to put to Homes of Quality at the valuation
Ten of them, including the four about the sole agency terms that decide what you actually pay. We will email the list so you can take it into the appointment.
Their licence, and how to check it yourself
Estate agents in Malta must be licensed, and there is a public register. It works one way round only: you can confirm a licence number, but you cannot look one up from an agency's name. So the useful move is to ask Homes of Quality for their licence number at the valuation, then check it yourself.
Check a licence number on the public register
Malta's estate agent register was checked in a browser on 12 August 2026. It is public, but it only verifies a licence number you already have: enter a number and it confirms whether it matches, and it does not list firms, show a licence status, or give each firm a page that can be linked. So there is no way to look up this agency's licence from its name, and nothing here for you to re-check later. We would rather say that than publish a number we cannot stand behind.
What Homes of Quality publishes about selling
We have not checked whether Homes of Quality publishes a commission rate on its own website, so this page does not report one. What we can tell you is what the market range looks like and what to ask them.
What agencies in Malta generally charge
This is a market range and nobody in particular is its subject. What any one agency charges is between you and them, and it is the first question on the list further down this page.
“Agency Fee Paid by Residential Long Lets 50 % of 1 months' rent + VAT Tenant & Owner Residential Short Lets 10 % of the total rent + VAT Tenant & Owner Commercial Rentals 10 % of 1 years' rent + VAT Tenant & Owner Residential Sales 5 % + VAT Usually owner”
“VAT rate is 18 % In case a property seller signs up for a sole agency program, the commission rate is usually reduced to 3,5 %.”
Sole agency, and what you are actually trading
- A sole agency gives one agency the exclusive right to sell for a fixed period, and the reduced rate is what you are paid for that exclusivity.
- The trade-off is reach against effort: an open agency puts the property in front of more agencies at once, a sole agency concentrates one agency's attention and marketing budget on it.
- Maltese listings are not usually exclusive, so the same property often appears through several agencies. That is normal, and it is why the sole agency discount exists at all.
- The terms that matter are the length of the tie-in, how you exit it, and whether a buyer you found yourself is still commissionable. Ask about all three before you sign.
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What selling a property in Malta involves
These are facts about Malta rather than about any agency, so every one of them comes from the government source or it does not appear. That rule has a reason: one major agency's own website still tells sellers the first-time-buyer threshold is EUR150,000 and expires at the end of 2014. Quoting that accurately would still leave you with the wrong number.
“PROPERTY MARKET AGENCY — AN ACT to establish the Property Market Agency and to make provision for the regulation of the property market.”
“The seller must pay capital transfer taxes on the transfer of any property located in Malta, whilst stamp duty is paid by the buyer.”
“With effect from 1st January, 2015 the current system consisting of both a 12% final withholding tax on the transfer value and 35% tax on the profit or gain will be replaced by one final withholding tax of 8% on the value of the property transferred.”
“On a transfer of property not forming part of a project, the applicable final withholding tax rate shall be 5% on the value of the property transferred if the property is transferred before five years from the date of its acquisition.”
“In the case of properties acquired before the 1st January 2004 in respect of which a notice of a promise of sale or transfer relating to that property had not been given to the CfR before the 17th November, 2014, the applicable final withholding tax rate shall be 10% of the value of the property transferred.”
“2% final withholding tax applies on a transfer of property that was immediately before the transfer owned by an individual, or co-owned by two individuals, who had for the purposes of Article 32(4)(a) of the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act declared in the deed of the acquisition of that property that the said property had been acquired for the purpose of establishing therein or constructing thereon his or their sole ordinary residence, and the transfer is made not later than three years after the date of the acquisition thereof. This shall only apply where the said individual does not own any other residential property at the time of the transfer.”
“The amount of brokerage fees paid by the transferor shall continue to be allowable as a deduction from the transfer value as long as the conditions of verification mentioned in the Tax on Property Transfers Rules are satisfied. The final withholding tax is applicable on the result.”
“Once a promise of sale is signed, it is to be presented to the Property Tax Directorate of the Office of the Commissioner for Tax and Customs within 21 days. At this stage a provisional duty of 1% is paid by the purchaser, based on the market price or transfer value as per contract, whichever is the higher.”
“If the difference between the market value as established by the department’s architect and the price declared on the sales contract (deed) is more than 15%, the department will issue a claim (assessment) both to the buyer and the seller on the difference.”
“For each act of transfer, under any title, of any immovable property, creation of an annuity, usufruct, use, habitation, easement, assignment, declaration regarding transmission causa mortis, emphyteusis or sub-emphyteusis, fees shall be charged according to the value as follows: For the first sum not exceeding €11,694: 1.0% For any additional sum not exceeding €584,700: 0.50% For any additional sum over €584,700: 0.25%”
“There shall be paid a fee of seventy-five euro (€75) to the Building Regulation Office, in respect of the registration of Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates, submitted by registered assessors.”
What we have not sourced
The rest of this page prints no figure it cannot cite. Where we have not read the authority ourselves, the item is named and the authority is linked, and that is all.
- Stamp duty, and first-time buyer relief on the buyer's side. The authority on this is the Malta Tax and Customs Administration. We have not quoted it yet, so this page prints no figure for it. the Malta Tax and Customs Administration's duty pages (this is the buyer's cost rather than the seller's, and it is not sourced here. Chapter 364 carries more than one EUR 200,000 threshold for different schemes, so it is not safe to quote without reading which scheme each one belongs to.)
What to ask at the valuation appointment
Homes of Quality will value the property in person. These are the questions worth having written down before they arrive, and the first four are the ones that decide what you actually pay.
- What is your commission, and is it different on a sole agency than on an open one?
- Is VAT on top of that, or included in the figure you just quoted me?
- Is the fee calculated on the agreed price or on the price that ends up on the deed?
- If I sign a sole agency, how long am I tied in for, and how do I get out of it?
- If I find the buyer myself during a sole agency, do I still pay you?
- What did you base this valuation on? Ask to see the comparable properties.
- Who pays for the photographs, the floor plan and the portal listings?
- Which portals and which of your own channels will it actually appear on, and when?
- Will you accompany viewings yourself, or is that on me?
- What do you think is wrong with the property, and what would you fix before we list?
Something here wrong?
Every quotation on this page is dated and links to the page it came from, so it reports what was published on that day rather than what is true today. If Homes of Quality has repriced, moved a page, or if we have simply got something wrong, tell us and we will fix it. The same route claims the directory entry itself.
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Selling with Homes of Quality: common questions
- Does Homes of Quality publish its commission rate?
- We have not checked whether Homes of Quality publishes a commission rate on its own website, so this page does not report one. What we can tell you is what the market range looks like and what to ask them.
- How many Homes of Quality properties are on Darscover?
- 307 Homes of Quality properties for sale are currently indexed on Darscover.
- What should I ask at the valuation appointment?
- What is your commission, and is it different on a sole agency than on an open one? Is VAT on top of that, or included in the figure you just quoted me? Is the fee calculated on the agreed price or on the price that ends up on the deed? If I sign a sole agency, how long am I tied in for, and how do I get out of it? The full list is on this page.
- How do I get in touch with Homes of Quality?
- Homes of Quality is on Darscover. Their profile page carries their offices, their contact details and the properties they currently have listed with us.