Market Intelligence · Locality comparison
Nadur vs Xagħra
Two large villages on either side of Ramla Bay, both bought for land and outlook, with Xagħra the busier of the pair.
The short answer
Nadur or Xagħra?
Xagħra is the more active market: it completes clearly more sales than Nadur, approves slightly more new homes and holds a somewhat larger share of Malta’s rent contracts. On promise of sale agreements, though, the two are level, which suggests Nadur’s market is busier than its completed sales alone would show.
The towns have much in common. Both are substantial villages on high ground in eastern Gozo, with farmhouses and converted village houses bought as second homes, and Ramla Bay below them. Nadur also looks down on San Blas; Xagħra has Ġgantija. The choice is usually made street by street and view by view.
Head to head
Nadur: 42nd of 68 · Xagħra: 37th of 68
Nadur: 36th of 68 · Xagħra: 30th of 68
Sources: National Statistics Office (Malta), residential property transactions and residential building permits; Housing Authority (Malta), Malta Rent Calculator.
Month by month
Sales in Nadur and Xagħra
Final deeds are completed sales. Promise of sale agreements are the deals signed on the way to a deed, so they show where the market is heading a few months early.
Source: National Statistics Office (Malta), residential property transactions.
Who each suits
Choosing between Nadur and Xagħra
Nadur
Nadur suits a buyer after space and outlook on Gozo’s eastern high ground, with farmland around and the beaches at Ramla and San Blas below. It is a prosperous, substantial village, and its property is mostly houses bought to use and to keep.
Read the Nadur investment guideXagħra
Xagħra suits a buyer who wants the same kind of Gozitan house in one of the island’s busier markets, which helps when it is eventually time to sell. Its position on the plateau, with Ramla below and the temples at its edge, draws steady interest from Malta and abroad.
Read the Xagħra investment guideGood to know
Nadur vs Xagħra, answered
Which has more property sales, Nadur or Xagħra?
From July 2025 to June 2026, the National Statistics Office recorded 140 final deeds of sale in Nadur and 220 in Xagħra. By completed sales, Xagħra is the busier market of the two.
Which has more sales in the pipeline, Nadur or Xagħra?
A promise of sale agreement is the deal signed ahead of the final deed. From July 2025 to June 2026, 178 were recorded in Nadur and 175 in Xagħra. Nadur has more sales on their way to completion.
Where are more new homes being approved, Nadur or Xagħra?
In the first quarter of 2026, 21 new dwellings were approved in Nadur, 42nd of the 68 localities the National Statistics Office reported, and 28 in Xagħra, 37th. Xagħra has the larger pipeline of new supply: competition for a resale seller, and choice for an off-plan buyer.
Which has the bigger rental market, Nadur or Xagħra?
Nadur holds 0.62% of Malta’s active residential rent contracts, 36th of the 68 localities on the register, and Xagħra holds 0.85%, 30th. On the Housing Authority’s register, Xagħra has the deeper tenant pool.
Are Nadur and Xagħra both close to Ramla Bay?
Yes. Ramla Bay lies in the valley between them, so both villages have it close by. Nadur also has San Blas bay below it, while Xagħra has the Ġgantija temples on its edge.
Is Nadur or Xagħra easier to resell in?
Xagħra, on the published record. It completes more sales than Nadur, so a seller there has more buyers moving through the market. The gap is not dramatic, and in both villages the particular house, its land and its view will matter more than the address.