🏡 Sell your home yourself
Free tools all the way — listing, offer log and messaging — so you save the agency commission. Selling through an estate agent? Agents can list on Monti too.
1. How do you want to sell?
Sell yourself (private)
- Free listing with all the key facts in one place
- A written offer log — negotiate traceably
- You save the agent's fee — full control
- An EPC is required — and have your planning-permit and tenure paperwork ready (see below)
With an estate agent
- The agent handles photos, marketing, valuation, viewings and negotiations
- Professional handling by a licensed agent (Cap. 644)
- Typical cost 3.5–5% + VAT of the sale price
💰 What does selling yourself cost?
The Monti tools are free. You only pay for what has to be done by others — in Malta that is essentially the EPC; the buyer normally pays the notary. What you actually save by selling yourself is the agency commission.
| Service | Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Listing on MontiPublishing, photos, map and statistics. | Free | Free at Monti |
| Sales prospectus (PDF)Your listing gathers key facts, price and photos in one place — a Malta sales-prospectus PDF is coming. | Free | Free at Monti |
| Written offer log + messagingWritten, traceable bids — the tool is included. | Free | Free at Monti |
| Energy performance certificate (EPC)Mandatory in every sale (S.L. 623.01): the energy rating must appear in your listing (€500–1,500 fines) and the certificate is shown and handed over at the latest before the konvenju. Seller-procured, valid 10 years — commission it before marketing. | €150–250* | Paid externally |
| Notary (deed + registration)The buyer normally chooses and pays the notary (≈1%) — the notary handles the money side and registration. | usually €0 for the seller* | Paid externally |
| Seller's liability insurance (optional)Covers the seller's one-year latent-defects liability (Civil Code). Voluntary. | not common in Malta | Paid externally |
| Agent's fee / commissionAgencies typically take 3.5–5% + VAT of the sale price — this is what you actually save by selling yourself. | ≈ €10 000–18 000* saved | You save |
*Estimates — vary with the size of the home and the provider. The figures are indicative, not offers. This is information, not legal advice.
2. Confirm your address
Type your address and we confirm it against OpenStreetMap data — street, locality and postcode — so your listing pins correctly on the map. Property facts are yours to fill in: Malta's registers have no public data service (see the checklist below).
The lookup confirms your address — street, locality and postcode from OpenStreetMap data. It cannot fetch property facts: Malta's registers have no public data service.
Address data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Your address
A rough estimate based on floor area and location. An estate agent or surveyor will give you an accurate valuation.
Continue to the listing →Considering an agent later? Register interest in a valuation → (under development — we only register your interest).
What Malta's registers offer (and what they don't)
Malta has no public property-data service — no register we can auto-fill facts about your home from. The lookup above confirms your address against OpenStreetMap data; the facts are yours to provide. Here is what actually exists:
- ✓ Energy performance certificate (EPC) — the rating is mandatory in listings and the certificate is yours to procure (valid 10 years), so commission it before marketing
- ✓ Planning permits — look up your property's permit history by location in the Planning Authority's public search
- ✓ Tenure paperwork — freehold or ground rent (ċens): have your deed and any ground-rent terms ready
- ✓ Official searches are your buyer's notary's job — the Public Registry (Cap. 56: notes and hypothecs, indexed by person; a small fee per online search) and the Land Registry (Cap. 296: an official search, in designated registration areas)
You don't run the registry searches yourself — the buyer's notary does, before the deed. Having the EPC, permit status and tenure paperwork ready is what makes those checks go smoothly.
3. Documents a Maltese sale needs
In Malta the legal core of every sale is the same with or without an agent: a written promise of sale (konvenju), then the final deed before a notary, who searches title first. The statutory latent-defects warranty for immovables is one year. You will normally need:
- ✓ An energy performance certificate (EPC) — seller-procured, and the rating belongs in the ad
- ✓ Planning-permit compliance — have the PA permit status ready for the buyer's notary
- ✓ The tenure paperwork — freehold or ground-rent (ċens) details — ready for the notary
This applies whether you sell with an estate agent or privately.