Studios for sale in Egypt

Studios are scarce in Egyptian family districts and plentiful on the Red Sea. That geography is not an accident — it tells you that the studio here is a rental product rather than a home, and it should be judged as one.

Egypt builds for families. Cairo's housing stock runs to two and three bedrooms, and a studio in New Cairo is an oddity with a thin buyer pool. On the coast, where the buyer is an investor or a holidaymaker, studios are a mainstream product.

Where studios actually are

Hurghada, Sahl Hasheesh and El Gouna — the deepest studio market in Egypt, with genuine year-round letting demand.
North Coast resorts — plentiful, but earning for eight to ten weeks a year.
Ain Sokhna — weekend demand from Cairo, usable most of the year.
Central Cairo — downtown, Mohandessin, Dokki: older small flats, student and young-professional demand.
Near universities — 6th of October and Nasr City have real small-unit rental demand from students.

Outside those, a studio is hard to buy and harder to sell.

The investment case, honestly

Lowest entry price of any residential product in Egypt — often well under USD 100,000 on the Red Sea, which is why foreign buyers start here.
Highest gross yield per pound invested, because rent per square metre is higher on small units.
Easiest to furnish and let, and cheapest to refurbish between tenants.
Against that: the narrowest resale pool. Families will not buy it, so your exit depends on finding another investor.
And: highest tenant turnover, which means more management, more voids and faster wear.

A studio is a business, not a passive holding. If nobody is going to run it, the yield advantage evaporates into vacancy.

What to check

Whether the building permits short-term letting, if that is the plan.
Whether it is furnished, and get an itemised inventory annexed to the contract.
The service charge against the rent. On a small unit the charge is a much larger proportion of income than it is on a family apartment.
Water pressure and hot water — small units are often on the least favourable part of the riser.
Whether the unit is registered, which matters more for a foreign buyer relying on it for a residence permit.
Realistic occupancy from actual booking data, not the seller's projection.

Common questions

Are studios a good investment in Egypt?

On the Red Sea, they are the most accessible entry point and let year-round. The trade-offs are a narrow resale pool and real management effort. In Cairo family districts they are a poor fit for both living and letting.

How much is a studio in Egypt?

Red Sea studios are among the cheapest usable property in the country, frequently well below USD 100,000. Central Cairo small flats vary enormously with district and condition.

Are studios hard to resell?

Harder than family units, because the buyer pool is other investors rather than households. On the Red Sea that pool is real; in Cairo it is thin.

Last reviewed September 2026. Prices, tax rates, residency thresholds and ownership rules in Egypt change frequently — verify anything you are relying on.