Apartments in the marvelously attractive Besiktas district are (of course) more expensive than elsewhere in Istanbul, at over €3,300 per square metre. Lucky are those that live in this area of palaces and large houses, looking out onto the Bosporus! 

Unfortunately for foreign buyers, the best rental yields on residential property in Istanbul are not to be had here, where a resale 120 square metre apartment yields a return of only around 4.4% on its price.  That is, of course, typical of the general situation in the higher-end districts of any city.

Much better returns can be had in the noisier Beyoglu which, though it can still command very high sales prices, is a more ‘work-oriented’ district and can return rental yields on apartments of 6%-7.2%

Bakirkoy is a mixed district, and has a large range of houses and apartments and areas, woith higher-end apartments at around €2,700 per square metre, and smaller apartments average €1,700 per square metre.  Gross rental yields are around 5.6% on 120 square metre apartments.

Kadikoy on the Anatolian side of the Bosporus is another very mixed district, buzzing with life and students, largely residential.  As is to be expected, prices of residential apartments here have a wide range.  The livelier and ‘earthier’ the district, the higher the gross rental yields, and 120 square metre apartments here can return 6.5%

The very beautiful and wealthy Sariyer district is very expensive in its upper reaches, with residential property prices reaching over €3,000 per square metre.  Yields are correspondingly more modest, at around 4.9% on a 120 square metre apartment.

The varied Sisli district  has apartments mostly over €2,000 per square metre, and yields of around 5.9% on 120 square metre apartments.