Property prices in Piliyandala
This page summarises 296 public property listings in Piliyandala, 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 1.07 million | Rs 983,333 to Rs 1.48 million | 96 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 42.5 million | Rs 27.95 million to Rs 48 million | 141 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 15,200 | Rs 13,714 to Rs 18,220 | 141 |
| Apartments for sale, asking price | Rs 35.25 million | Rs 29.75 million to Rs 39.62 million | 46 |
| Apartments, asking price per sq ft | Rs 34,401 | Rs 31,818 to Rs 37,890 | 45 |
Measures with fewer than 10 ads are left out of the table: Houses for rent, per month; Apartments for rent, per month.
How Piliyandala compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 1.07 million, about 1.7 times the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 650,000). Rank 28 of 85 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median house asking prices: Rs 42.5 million, close to the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 38.62 million). Rank 26 of 66 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median apartment asking prices: Rs 35.25 million, about 70% of the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 50 million). Rank 21 of 28 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 Piliyandala
- The sample is mostly houses for sale (141 of 296 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for houses for sale, asking price is about the same as a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 27.95 million to Rs 48 million (a 1.7x gap between the quartiles, against 1.8x for the median town).
- Within Colombo district, the median land, per perch here is about 52% of the district figure (Rs 1.07 million vs Rs 2.05 million), rank 19 of 20 priced towns in the district.
- On gross apartment yield (5.4%), Piliyandala ranks 13 of 20 towns where rent and sale samples are both thick enough to compute one.
How the Piliyandala numbers have moved
- House asking prices: the median is up about 23% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 42.5 million against Rs 34.5 million on 6 October, on 141 ads now and 128 then.
- House asking prices: the median is up about 21% compared with a week earlier - Rs 42.5 million against Rs 35 million on 27 October, on 141 ads now and 156 then.
- The mix of ads has shifted since 10 October: houses for sale now makes up 48% of the usable sample, against 59% 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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