Property prices in Battaramulla
This page summarises 210 public property listings in Battaramulla, Colombo district, collected from ikman.lk on 3 November 2026. Figures are asking prices, not sale prices. Each row shows the median (the middle ad), the middle half of ads (25th to 75th percentile) and the number of ads behind it.
| Measure | Median | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land, per perch | Rs 2.9 million | Rs 2.35 million to Rs 3 million | 86 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 162.5 million | Rs 70 million to Rs 210 million | 96 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 30,000 | Rs 23,290 to Rs 35,490 | 96 |
| Apartments for sale, asking price | Rs 50 million | Rs 46 million to Rs 66 million | 19 |
| Apartments, asking price per sq ft | Rs 41,176 | Rs 32,727 to Rs 44,170 | 19 |
Measures with fewer than 10 ads are left out of the table: Houses for rent, per month.
How Battaramulla compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 2.9 million, about 4.5 times the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 650,000). Rank 12 of 85 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median house asking prices: Rs 162.5 million, about 4.2 times the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 38.62 million). Rank 6 of 66 towns with enough listings, highest first.
The island reference is the median of town medians for towns with at least 30 listings, so it describes a typical town, not the national market.
What stands out in Battaramulla
- The sample is mostly houses for sale (96 of 208 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for houses for sale, asking price is wider than a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 70 million to Rs 210 million (a 3.0x gap between the quartiles, against 1.8x for the median town).
- Within Colombo district, the median land, per perch here is about 1.4 times the district figure (Rs 2.9 million vs Rs 2.05 million), rank 10 of 20 priced towns in the district.
- Where Battaramulla stands out most island-wide is houses for sale, asking price: rank 6 of 66 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- On gross house yield (3.0%), Battaramulla ranks 21 of 38 towns where rent and sale samples are both thick enough to compute one.
How the Battaramulla numbers have moved
- House asking prices: the median is up about 86% compared with a week earlier - Rs 162.5 million against Rs 87.5 million on 27 October, on 96 ads now and 76 then.
- House asking prices: the median is up about 71% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 162.5 million against Rs 95 million on 6 October, on 96 ads now and 88 then.
- The mix of ads has shifted since 10 October: land now makes up 41% of the usable sample, against 29% four weeks earlier. When the mix moves, a median can move without any asking price changing.
This compares daily asking medians on changing samples of ads; it describes this site's sample, not a formal price index.
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Sellers ask more than buyers pay, and listings expire or sell. Outliers are trimmed to the 5th to 95th percentile band and ads whose title names a different town are excluded. The method page explains every step. Nothing here is valuation or investment advice.
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