Serbia House Prices, Rents & Rental Yields (2026)

How much property costs in Serbia, what it rents for and how that compares with neighbouring markets in Southern Europe. City-centre prices per m² rank 4 of 10 in this comparison; gross yields rank 5 of 9.

Apartment price per m² (city centre)
$3,456
2023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)
$2,141
2023
Gross rental yield (city centre)
4.1%
2024
Price-to-income ratio
16.8
2024
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centre
$830/mo
2024
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
6.8%
2023

Price and rent trends in Serbia

Apartment price per m²
Monthly rents
Gross rental yield & mortgage rate
Price-to-income & price-to-rent ratios

Latest property market indicators

IndicatorValueYear
Apartment price per m² (city centre)Average asking price per square metre to buy an apartment in city centres$3,4562023
Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Average price per square metre to buy an apartment outside city centres$2,1412023
Price-to-income ratioMedian apartment price divided by median annual disposable family income16.82024
Gross rental yield (city centre)Annual rent as a percentage of purchase price, city-centre apartments4.1%2024
Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Purchase price divided by annual rent, city-centre apartments24.52024
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre$830/mo2024
Rent: 1-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment outside the centre$414/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment in the city centre$1,165/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment outside the centre$732/mo2023
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)Average yearly mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed6.8%2023
Home ownership rateShare of owner-occupied dwellings91.6%2024

Year-by-year data

YearApartment price per m² (city centre)Apartment price per m² (outside centre)Price-to-income ratioGross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreRent: 1-bedroom, outside centreRent: 3-bedroom, city centreRent: 3-bedroom, outside centreMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)Home ownership rate
2024——16.84.1%24.5$830/mo————91.6%
2023$3,456$2,14115.93.9%25.8$651/mo$414/mo$1,165/mo$732/mo6.8%—
2022$2,829$1,74916.53.0%33.3$515/mo$341/mo$928/mo$623/mo4.1%91.6%
2021$2,787$1,69617.13.1%32.7$406/mo$265/mo$716/mo$447/mo3.9%89.4%
2020$2,539$1,46418.93.1%32.3$339/mo$226/mo$644/mo$398/mo4.0%86.0%
2019$2,568$1,41118.63.0%32.9$356/mo$231/mo$674/mo$418/mo4.0%83.3%
2018$2,333$1,27517.23.2%31.3$322/mo$203/mo$603/mo$366/mo3.8%84.4%
2017$2,054$1,18617.93.1%31.9$284/mo$184/mo$536/mo$342/mo4.0%82.0%

Serbia compared with Southern Europe

City-centre price per m²
Gross rental yield (city centre)
CountryApartment price per m² (city centre)Gross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-income ratioMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
Serbia$3,4564.1%16.86.8%
Albania$2,3044.8%14.15.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,0942.6%12.53.8%
Croatia$4,0183.3%13.43.8%
Greece$2,9183.9%13.64.6%
Italy$4,9114.2%10.74.2%
Kosovo$1,677———
Malta$3,8065.3%11.45.0%
Montenegro$2,3436.3%12.36.5%
North Macedonia$1,7893.4%14.85.5%

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Prices, rents, yields and mortgage rates: Numbeo (crowd-sourced, national averages of city data). Values in US dollars.