Market report
Lebanon property market 2026: sales, permits and prices per m²
The figures published so far, each with its source and that source's date. We do not estimate or fill gaps: a month no source covers is left out.
2025 in numbers
Bank Audi's reading of Land Registry figures, as ICE Beirut reported it. BLOMINVEST gives the same count.
Sources · ICE Beirut, 30 Jan 2026; BLOMINVEST, 17 Feb 2026
Land Registry sales in 2026
| Period | Sales | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 4,633 | $476.42M | |
| January 2026 to March 2026, running total | 11,483 | $1,211.8M | |
| April 2026 | 3,493 | $370.98M | |
| January 2026 to April 2026, running total | 14,976 | $1,582.8M | |
| May 2026 | 3,655 | $375.97M | |
| January 2026 to May 2026, running total | 18,631 | $1,958.8M |
- January's sales were +67.9% on January 2025.
Source · BLOMINVEST, 3 Mar 2026
- Largest share of sales value in January 2026: Beirut, 30.4% ($144.94M).
Source · BLOMINVEST, 3 Mar 2026
- Largest share of sales value in May 2026: Metn, 23.8% ($89.5M).
Source · BLOMINVEST, 25 Jun 2026
- Credit Libanais puts January to May 2026 at 19,097 sales against 28,189 a year earlier (-32.3%), with their value -17.8%. Its count differs from BLOMINVEST's.
Source · Annahar, 23 Sept 2026
- BLOMINVEST ties the 2026 slowdown to the Israel–Hezbollah conflict that broke out on 28 February 2026.
Sources · BLOMINVEST, 20 May 2026; BLOMINVEST, 25 Jun 2026
- We show no figures after May 2026: later months were only reported second-hand, and their totals did not add up.
Construction permits
| Period | Permits | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 to February 2026, running total | 1,349 +2.8% | 1,410,498 m² +6.8% | |
| January 2026 to April 2026, running total | 2,011 -23.1% | 2,180,260 m² -6.7% |
Permits issued by the Orders of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli, as BLOMINVEST publishes them. Changes are against the same months of 2025.
Prices per m² by area
JSK Real Estate's ranges in US dollars per m² for the third quarter of 2025. JSK does not say whether they are asking or sale prices, or how many homes they cover.
Source · JSK, 5 Sept 2025
| Area | US$ per m² |
|---|---|
| Achrafiehnew buildings | $2,800–$4,000 |
| Achrafiehbuildings up to 25 years old | $2,000–$2,500 |
| Achrafieh1960s buildings | $1,000–$1,500 |
| Ras Beirut | $2,000–$4,500 |
| Monteverde (Beit Mery) | $2,000–$2,500 |
| Baabda | $2,000–$2,500 |
| Mansourieh | $1,000–$1,700 |
| Broummana and Baabdat | $1,300–$2,000 |
| Adma | $1,300–$2,000 |
| Admaolder buildings | $800–$1,300 |
| Jounieh | $1,000–$1,500 |
| Jounieholder buildings | $700–$1,200 |
| Jbeil | $1,000–$1,200 |
| Batrounnew buildings | $1,200–$1,500 |
| Batrounolder buildings | $700–$1,000 |
| Faqra (Kfardebian)inside Faqra Club | $3,500–$4,500 |
| Faqra (Kfardebian)outside Faqra Club | $2,500–$3,000 |
JSK puts the gross rental yield in Ras Beirut at 3.5% to 5%.
Source · JSK, 5 Sept 2025
Average asking prices
Average advertised prices per m² on the DoorEast listings site, as Annahar reported them. These are asking prices, not sale prices, and the date of the underlying data is not given.
Source · Annahar, 23 Sept 2026
Rents
We found no dated, published survey of rents that we could check. The Ras Beirut yield above is the only rent figure we show.
Homes live on Ahla Beit
No homes are listed on Ahla Beit yet, so this section has no figures. It fills in as homes go live.
Sources
Each date is the source's own. A source that shows no date is marked undated, with the day we read it.
- ICE – Italian Trade Agency, Beirut office · ice.it/it/news/notizie-dal-mondo/298912 (in Italian)published 30 Jan 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative real estate transactions hit $6.2B by December 2025published 17 Feb 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative real estate transactions hit $476.42M in January 2026published 3 Mar 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative real estate transactions hit $1,211.8M by March 2026published 18 May 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative real estate transactions hit $1,582.8M by April 2026published 15 Jun 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative real estate transactions hit $1,958.8M by May 2026published 25 Jun 2026
- Annahar, الانتعاش حقيقي لكن تمويل السكن لا يزال قاصرا في بيروت (in Arabic)published 23 Sept 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative construction permits rose yearly by 2.82% to 1,349 by February 2026published 1 Apr 2026
- BLOMINVEST Bank, Cumulative construction permits fell yearly by 23.10% to 2,011 by April 2026published 20 May 2026
- JSK Real Estate, Real estate market overview in Lebanon Q3 2025: tracking average residential property prices in key Lebanese citiespublished 5 Sept 2025
