Mdina Property Market Report
Median prices, listing volume, and recent trends for property in Mdina, Malta
Data as of 10 November 2026
About Mdina
Mdina, the Silent City, is Malta's medieval former capital, a fortified hilltop town inhabited continuously since Phoenician times. The historic core has only around 250 permanent residents, almost no through traffic, and palazzo properties that change hands rarely and at the top of the Maltese market.
Sub-areas
Triq Villegaignon, Bastion Square, Mesquita Square
Lifestyle
Mdina is unique in Malta: a vehicle-restricted historic core where listings are extremely rare and command a heritage premium.
Transport
Adjoins Rabat (Malta) which carries the bus connections; central Malta motorways are 5 minutes downhill.
Best for
- heritage collectors
- high-net-worth primary residents
Drive times
- Rabat (Malta) town centre: 3 min (drive)
- Valletta: 25 min (drive)
- Malta International Airport: 20 min (drive)
Notes for foreign buyers: Almost every Mdina property is scheduled at Grade 1; works require Superintendence of Cultural Heritage clearance in addition to Planning Authority permits.
Headline statistics
- Active listings
- 35
- For sale
- 4
- For rent
- 31
- Median sale price
- €7,000,000
- Median monthly rent
- €3,300
Median price and new listings (last 12 months)
Trend of median sale and rent prices in Mdina over the past year. Each bar represents one month of new listings and the corresponding median price.
Median sale price by property type
Across Mdina, the most-listed property type is palazzo (4 listings). Below is the median sale price for each property type with at least 3 active listings.
| Property type | Listings | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| palazzo | 4 | €7,000,000 |
How Mdina compares
Side by side comparison of Mdina against the rest of Malta and the highest volume nearby areas. The delta column shows how the Mdina median sale price compares to each row.
| Area | Listings | Median sale | vs current | Median rent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 72,879 | €450,000 | +1,456% | €1,500 | View report |
| North | 43,548 | €560,000 | +1,150% | €1,600 | View report |
| Central | 15,512 | €410,000 | +1,607% | €1,400 | View report |
| South | 10,449 | €385,000 | +1,718% | €1,300 | View report |
| Gozo | 3,370 | €325,000 | +2,054% | €1,000 | View report |
| Sliema | 11,050 | €824,000 | +750% | €1,800 | View report |
| St. Julian's | 6,110 | €850,000 | +724% | €1,800 | View report |
| St. Paul's Bay | 5,619 | €375,000 | +1,767% | €1,300 | View report |
Recent listings in Mdina
A snapshot of the most recently added listings tracked by Darscover.
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Official sales in Mdina
The prices above are what sellers ask. For what actually sold, the National Statistics Office's count of every final deed and promise of sale, month by month since 2005: Mdina property sales.
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