Buying property in Bahrain
What the numbers say, from 912 listings read off 5 agents' own websites and the island's official price index. This page reports data. It is not legal or tax advice, and the rules on who may buy here are the island's to state — the official links at the foot are the source for those.
What each extra bedroom costs
| Bedrooms | Median asking | Step up |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bed | BD 65,000 | — |
| 3 bed | BD 65,000 | +BD 0 |
Where your money goes furthest
Cheapest by median asking: Capital Governorate, Hoora BD 50,000 · Seef District BD 50,000 · Muharraq BD 50,500.
Dearest: Saadiyat Island, Saadiyat Lagoons, Abu D BD 11,100,000 · Southern Governorate, Ras Zuwayed BD 627,270 · Capital Governorate, Manama, Mahooz BD 350,000.
What the official figures say
Bahrain Survey & Land Registration Bureau — property transactions dashboard publishes transaction figures, last moving up 19.8% year on year. Nationwide totals from the land registry's own live dashboard — all registered property transactions, not per-building or per-address prices, and not broken down by area (the dashboard exposes no area- or building-level averages). 2026 so far (year to date, still running): 18,615 registrations, of which 6,581 sales worth BD 887,648,538.
| Year | Figure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29777 | +1601933338% |
| 2024 | 24863 | +1056462138% |
| 2023 | 26121 | +1074057408% |
| 2022 | 21603 | +1086804371% |
Before you commit
- Compare the asking price with the rest of the parish — every area, side by side.
- If more than one agent is marketing it, they may not agree on the price or the bedroom count. We show both where that happens.
Anything on this page that looks like a rule rather than a number is a link to the body that sets it. We publish what we can evidence.