Buying a home is becoming increasingly difficult for citizens. In some Skopje neighbourhoods, the price per square metre has exceeded 3,000 euros, while citizens’ revenues remain far from these prices. For many families even renting a home has become a huge burden to the family budget. The interest in buying the apartment has also also been evident. The sales agents say it results from weak state housing policies.

The current situation in the country, in terms of housing, is not good at all. If you ask me where this situation comes from, I have to say we have a lot more indication here. But the main question to put on is: Does the State Have an Active Home Policy? Unfortunately, my answer is that the state does not have an active residential policy, said Marjan Dimitriev, director of B2realstate.

Citizens say the current salaries do not pay the rent, let alone buy a new residence.

The seven are, not with our salary, no. To buy me in the stratosphere has written prices or not, I know they’re not worth it, one citizen said.

Nobody’s easy for me if the state can get on the outside then take the apartment and I know it’s yours. Even rents are too much made, rarely have any houses that you can find at least 20050 euros, and that room, another citizen said.

It’s too expensive. I don’t have any money with my pension. I don’t have a chance to buy a flat. Even the renter must pay the rent and thus fail, the citizen said.

Cadastra data shows that 1,856 residences were sold during the third quarter of 2026, 14 percent less than in the preceding quarter. In the same period, the number of rented dwellings has increased by 45 percent, while the total monthly sum of rents has increased by 31 percent. Sale prices have reached high levels.

In Karposh, a flat has been sold for 3.121 euros per square metre, while in downtown Skopje, a new residence has reached the price of about 3.160 euros per square metre.

Prices of new housing rose markedly behind pandemic when prices of basic materials such as iron, wood, and concrete rose, adding to the prices of oil derivatives. /Alsat.mk.