Rabat Property Market Report
Median prices, listing volume, and recent trends for property in Rabat, Malta
Data as of 13 May 2026
About Rabat
Rabat (Malta) sits immediately outside Mdina's bastion walls and is its larger residential counterpart. The town holds significant Roman and early Christian heritage (the Domus Romana, St Paul's Catacombs) and a stable mid-market property base of houses of character, terraced houses, and modern apartments.
Sub-areas
Saqqajja, Buskett fringes, St Paul's quarter
Lifestyle
Rabat is traditional and family-oriented, with mature streets of limestone houses and a strong local commercial spine independent of the tourist economy.
Transport
About 25 minutes by car to Valletta and 20 minutes to the airport, with a hub bus terminal serving central and southern Malta.
Best for
- families
- buyers who want a house of character
- long-term residents
Drive times
- Mdina: 3 min (drive)
- Valletta: 25 min (drive)
- Malta International Airport: 20 min (drive)
- Mater Dei Hospital: 15 min (drive)
Headline statistics
- Active listings
- 160
- For sale
- 73
- For rent
- 87
- Median sale price
- €800,000
- Median monthly rent
- €1,200
Median price and new listings (last 12 months)
Trend of median sale and rent prices in Rabat over the past year. Each bar represents one month of new listings and the corresponding median price.
Median sale price by property type
Across Rabat, the most-listed property type is house_of_character (9 listings). Below is the median sale price for each property type with at least 3 active listings.
| Property type | Listings | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| house of character | 9 | €920,000 |
| villa | 9 | €1,910,000 |
| apartment | 8 | €452,000 |
| town house | 8 | €755,000 |
| maisonette | 6 | €527,500 |
| penthouse | 5 | €611,000 |
| farmhouse | 5 | €2,500,000 |
| terraced house | 3 | €1,040,000 |
Median sale price by bedroom count
| Bedrooms | Listings | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 9 | €420,000 |
| 3 | 25 | €715,000 |
| 4 | 12 | €1,610,000 |
| 5 | 3 | €1,200,000 |
How Rabat compares
Side by side comparison of Rabat against the rest of Malta and the highest volume nearby areas. The delta column shows how the Rabat median sale price compares to each row.
| Area | Listings | Median sale | vs current | Median rent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 8,625 | €393,000 | +104% | €1,300 | View report |
| North | 4,364 | €460,000 | +74% | €1,400 | View report |
| Central | 1,869 | €363,500 | +120% | €1,200 | View report |
| South | 1,818 | €367,500 | +118% | €1,200 | View report |
| Gozo | 574 | €310,000 | +158% | €1,200 | View report |
| St. Paul's Bay | 690 | €310,000 | +158% | €1,200 | View report |
| Sliema | 663 | €824,500 | -3% | €1,900 | View report |
| St. Julian's | 496 | €585,000 | +37% | €1,500 | View report |
Recent listings in Rabat
A snapshot of the most recently added listings tracked by Darscover.
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