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Historic milepost: Monaco surpasses €50k per square metre

It's a record breaking year for Monaco real estate, you can find out more here with our 11 favourite stats and facts pulled from the 2021 IMSEE Monaco Real Estate Observatory.

 

Things you should know:

  • The average price per square metre increased by 9% and exceeded €50,000. 
  • The market has increased by nearly 75 % in ten years.
  • The real estate market remains affected by the health crisis and its economic consequences. In 2021, there were 29 transactions completed showing a 160 million increase in 2020. But total volume is down 5% and 17% in value in comparison to 2019. 
  • Over the past decade, 557 new apartments have been delivered, including 90 in 2021. 
  • Only 23 sales were new buildings in 2021, 30% of which are off-plan. 
  • While the proportion of transactions under €5 million continues to fall, almost one in two properties was sold for between €5 and €10 million in 2021. 
  • Housing, including public housing, represents 61% of the surface area built in the Principality. Almost half (43%) of the surface area built for residential use is located in the Monte Carlo and La Rousse districts. 
  • In 2021, the number of resales increased (+5.6%) and again exceeds the 400 transaction mark. With the exception of 4-room apartments (-9.8%), the number of resales of each type of flat has increased. Nearly 80% of transactions concern studios, 2-room and 3-room apartments. This distribution is fairly stable over the decade.
  • In 2021, the overwhelming majority of resales (nearly 8 out of 10) are of 3-room or less. 
  • In Monte-Carlo, the district with the most transactions in the Principality, 60% of resales are of two-room apartments at most.
  • After a slight fall in 2020 (-1.1%), the price per square metre shows a clear increase in 2021 and exceeds the symbolic increase and exceeds the symbolic €50,000 mark for the first time, approaching €52,000.

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