Romania's apartment market showed signs of divergence in September 2026, according to the monthly PropGenius barometer. The national average price per sqm remained broadly flat, edging down from €1,973 to €1,972 per sqm, while time-on-market indicators rose across all seven cities analysed.
Brașov recorded the sharpest monthly price correction among the cities covered, falling 10.0% from €2,379 to €2,142 per sqm. Timișoara also declined, by 1.2%, to €1,963 per sqm. In contrast, Bucharest rose 6.5% to €2,214 per sqm, Cluj-Napoca gained 2.8% to reach €2,930 per sqm, Sibiu increased 2.6% to €1,999 per sqm, Iași rose 1.9% to €1,951 per sqm and Constanța edged up 0.7% to €1,935 per sqm.
The national average rent fell 2.1%, from €519 to €508 per month. Rental declines were recorded in Constanța (-5.8%), Cluj-Napoca (-3.9%), Iași (-2.9%), Bucharest (-2.7%) and Brașov (-2.2%). Timișoara bucked the trend with a 10.5% rental increase to €422 per month, while Sibiu rose 4.2% to €446 per month.
Time-on-market rose across all seven cities. Iași had the longest average selling period at 53 days, followed by Sibiu at 52 days and Cluj-Napoca at 50 days. Constanța stood at 47 days, while Bucharest and Brașov were both at 44 days. Timișoara remained the fastest market at 31 days. Cluj-Napoca, despite carrying the highest price per sqm of any market in the analysis, still required an average of 50 days to complete a sale.
Neighbourhood-level data reveals considerable variation within cities. In Bucharest, the Primăverii district reached €5,554 per sqm, approximately 151% above the city average. In Cluj-Napoca, the Centru area stood at €3,942 per sqm, around 35% above the city mean. In Iași, Șicău reached €2,922 per sqm, roughly 50% above the local average, while Trei Stejari in Sibiu was approximately 45% above its city average.
The PropGenius barometer is based on analysis of more than 250,000 residential properties per month. Neighbourhood figures reflect average prices from available listings in each micro-zone and should be read as market indicators rather than valuations of individual properties.
