Sliema Property Market Report
Median prices, listing volume, and recent trends for property in Sliema, Malta
Data as of 6 October 2026
About Sliema
Sliema is Malta's coastal flagship, a dense urban strip running along the Marsamxett harbour from Tigné Point in the south to St Julian's in the north. Originally a 19th century summer retreat for Valletta nobility, today it is the country's most cosmopolitan address, packed with high-rise apartments, retail towers, and an unbroken seafront promenade.
Sub-areas
Tigné Point, The Strand, Tower Road, Qui-si-Sana
Lifestyle
Sliema reads as Malta's Manhattan: walkable, dense, retail-heavy, and overwhelmingly geared to international residents and short-let tenants.
Transport
The Sliema Ferry runs every 30 minutes to Valletta in roughly 10 minutes, and the seafront sits on Malta's busiest bus corridor.
Best for
- expats
- young professionals
- buy-to-let investors
- short-let operators
Drive times
- Valletta: 10 min (ferry)
- Valletta: 15 min (drive)
- Malta International Airport: 20 min (drive)
- Mater Dei Hospital: 12 min (drive)
- University of Malta: 12 min (drive)
Schools: Sliema sits within easy reach of several private schools clustered along the upper Sliema and St Julian's border.
Notes for foreign buyers: Sliema is one of Malta's Special Designated Areas (SDAs) at Tigné Point and Fort Cambridge, which lets non-EU buyers purchase without an AIP permit and without the standard one-property restriction.
Headline statistics
- Active listings
- 8,978
- For sale
- 902
- For rent
- 8,076
- Median sale price
- €771,500
- Median monthly rent
- €1,800
Median price and new listings (last 12 months)
Trend of median sale and rent prices in Sliema over the past year. Each bar represents one month of new listings and the corresponding median price.
Median sale price by property type
Across Sliema, the most-listed property type is apartment (487 listings). Below is the median sale price for each property type with at least 3 active listings.
| Property type | Listings | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| apartment | 487 | €765,000 |
| penthouse | 114 | €987,500 |
| town house | 75 | €1,200,000 |
| maisonette | 36 | €510,000 |
| house of character | 17 | €2,150,000 |
| duplex | 4 | €662,500 |
| terraced house | 3 | €675,000 |
Median sale price by bedroom count
| Bedrooms | Listings | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89 | €470,000 |
| 2 | 201 | €675,000 |
| 3 | 340 | €1,015,000 |
| 4 | 73 | €1,260,000 |
| 5 | 19 | €2,150,000 |
| 6 | 6 | €2,040,000 |
How Sliema compares
Side by side comparison of Sliema against the rest of Malta and the highest volume nearby areas. The delta column shows how the Sliema median sale price compares to each row.
| Area | Listings | Median sale | vs current | Median rent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 65,781 | €410,000 | +88% | €1,400 | View report |
| North | 37,477 | €520,000 | +48% | €1,500 | View report |
| Central | 14,463 | €365,000 | +111% | €1,300 | View report |
| South | 10,001 | €355,000 | +117% | €1,200 | View report |
| Gozo | 3,840 | €310,000 | +149% | €1,000 | View report |
| St. Julian's | 5,696 | €725,000 | +6% | €1,700 | View report |
| St. Paul's Bay | 4,963 | €372,000 | +107% | €1,200 | View report |
| Swieqi | 4,216 | €612,500 | +26% | €1,600 | View report |
Recent listings in Sliema
A snapshot of the most recently added listings tracked by Darscover.
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Sliema property prices for sellersOfficial sales in Sliema
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: Sliema property sales.
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