Property for sale in Balıkesir: Ayvalık, Edremit, olive groves
Balıkesir is a large province in the north-west with two coasts: the Marmara Sea to the north, the Aegean to the west, and between them olive groves, thermal springs and farmland. Property for sale in Balıkesir mostly means Ayvalık or Edremit on the Aegean, a stone house or an apartment near the beach.
Morning in a village near Edremit: olive oil from the neighbour on your bread, the cockerel long awake, the sea ten minutes away. At lunchtime fish at the harbour in Ayvalık, in the afternoon shade under the olive tree in your own garden. In October you help with the harvest, whether you want to or not.
Where Balıkesir is and how it feels
The province lies between the Marmara Sea and the northern Aegean. For the coastal towns of Ayvalık and Edremit you fly to Edremit-Körfez (EDO) or Izmir (ADB), and the provincial capital Balıkesir lies inland.
Rural, green, full of olive trees. The coast near Ayvalık and Edremit is filled with Turkish families in summer, and the hinterland lives from farming. Foreign buyers are still rare here, which keeps prices friendly.
- Airport
- Edremit-Körfez Airport (EDO) and Izmir Airport (ADB)
Who Balıkesir suits
- A retirement home by the sea without the crowds
- A holiday home on the northern Aegean
- Buyers who like olive trees and stone houses
Property for sale in Balıkesir: apartment, house or plot
Buying an apartment in Balıkesir
You find apartments in the coastal towns, often in small complexes close to the beach.
Buying a house or villa
Houses and stone houses stand in the old towns and villages, villas with a garden near the coast.
Buying a plot
There are many plots with olive groves, and we check agricultural status and buildability beforehand.
By the sea, with a sea view or an affordable start
Living by the sea is comparatively affordable on the Balıkesir coast. Apartments near the beach at Edremit and Akçay, stone houses with a sea view in Ayvalık, villas with a pool and olive garden on the slopes above the gulf. If you want an affordable start, look at summer houses in the coastal towns that Turkish families are selling. The villa with a pool right on the water exists, but is rarer than on the south coast.
What speaks for Balıkesir
- Peace and nature on two coasts
- Often cheaper than the south coast
- Olive oil, fish and thermal springs
The catches we take off your hands
- Fewer direct flights from Europe
- Smaller market, choice takes time
Not sure yet whether Balıkesir suits you?
Then let’s talk. One conversation, no obligation, and afterwards you will know whether Balıkesir is your place or another one.
Quick chatHow we help you in Balıkesir
In Balıkesir we work with people on the ground whom we trust, and we coordinate from Antalya. We search, have the property viewed, send you photos, video and an honest opinion, check the Tapu (title deed), the building permit and the Iskan (occupancy permit) and calculate the additional costs for your property. Advice costs nothing.
Additional costs in Balıkesir
On a purchase price of 100,000 euros, expect around 4,000 euros in Tapu fees, plus the valuation report and DASK (compulsory earthquake insurance). Balıkesir is no different from anywhere else in Turkey. You get the calculation for your property from us before you buy. More in the additional costs guide and in the buying process.
Before you fly to Balıkesir
Which places belong to Balıkesir?
For buyers mainly Ayvalık and Edremit with Akçay on the Aegean coast. The city of Balıkesir itself lies inland, and Erdek and Bandırma are on the Marmara Sea.
Can I, as a foreigner, buy a plot with an olive grove?
In principle yes, foreigners can buy land in Turkey. Agricultural land has its own rules for building and division, though, and we clarify that in the cadastre before you buy.
How do I get there?
Via Edremit-Körfez Airport (EDO) or via Izmir (ADB), from where it is about two hours by car to the northern Aegean.