How we rank

Our ranking does not depend on payments: at the moment nobody pays us for a place in the results or the catalogue. If paid placements ever appear, they will be kept separate from the results, labelled “Ad” and will not affect the score.

Which flats we show

Only available flats with a price published by the developer or estimated by us that match your answers: price (budget), number of rooms (a 1.5-room flat counts for both 1 and 2 rooms), floor area, districts, move-in date and must-haves (balcony or terrace, not the ground floor, residential use only). If the developer's list doesn't say whether a flat has a balcony or terrace, we still show it, with a note. If you chose “To live in”, we don't show hotel- or leisure-use premises – you can't register your residence there. If a development's data can't be updated for more than 3 days, we don't show its flats as available – they may already be sold. If you say your budget also covers the fit-out, the flat price plus your fit-out budget – or, if you didn't set one, the Economy package estimate – has to fit within it; we then pick the package from what's left after buying the flat.

Match score

The score ranges from 40 to 98: a base of 55 points, plus up to 35 points for your priorities and up to 8 points for how well the price fits your budget: full points while the price is within 85% of the budget, fewer for more expensive flats (if the price is well over the budget, this part can be negative). Each priority is rated from 0 to 1, and the priorities you pick count equally. If you pick none, we use three: price and value, transport links, light and views.

How we rate priorities

If we have no surroundings data for a project, transport links are rated on closeness to the centre only, and schools and greenery get 0.5. We treat the number of floors in a building as known when the developer's list shows all of its flats (sold ones too) or the project description states it; otherwise we rate the floor against the highest flat left on the list and don't claim a top floor.

Value score and similar flats

We calculate the value score from all available and reserved flats with a price published by the developer: the model compares prices per m² by project, floor, area, terrace and two-storey layout, and the projects' price levels by distance from the centre. A score of 50 means market level, every 10 points is about 7% of the price, and the score ranges from 5 to 95. 60 or more means “cheaper than similar flats”, below 40 – “pricier than similar flats”, in between – “at market level”; the “model estimate” on the flat page is exactly the price-per-m² range that scores 40–59. Distance from the centre doesn't explain everything (a river, views, architecture), so a project's price level counts towards the score only up to 16% pricier or 14% cheaper: if a project is, say, 30% more expensive than others at a similar distance, the score treats it as 16% more expensive (the flat page shows this next to the project's price level). We don't calculate a value score for flats whose price we estimated.

“Similar flats in other developments” have the same number of rooms, floor area within 20%, a price per m² within 25% and the same use (residential or not); we show the nearest ones, one per development. These are developers' asking prices, not sale prices.

Rent and yield

If you choose “To rent out”, we show a rent and yield estimate. Rent is our estimate from Vilnius rental listings and market reports (October 2026), not an offer for this flat: a 50 m² two-room flat with furniture ≈ €22/m² a month in the centre, ≈ €18 at 3 km and ≈ €16 at 8 km from the Cathedral – already 5% below asking rents, as landlords usually settle for less; smaller flats get more per m² (+13% at 25 m² or less), each room above the usual number for the floor area adds 7%, and upmarket developments (from €5,000/m² for the development) up to 25% more. Rent doesn't depend on the flat's own price, so a more expensive flat has a lower yield. The finish level changes the rent only a little: Economy earns 3–7% less than Mid-range (more so in an upmarket building), Premium 2–4% more. Gross yield is annual rent divided by the price plus notary and registration costs (0.6%) and the fit-out. Net yield is after 6% vacancy, €0.2/m² a month of building costs (repair fund, management; the tenant pays utilities), €150 a year for insurance, 5% of rent set aside for repairs and furniture, property tax on a second home (0.2% of the value between €50k and €200k, 0.4% between €200k and €400k and so on; we use the price, and it doesn't apply if the flat is your registered residence) and income tax (the cheaper of a business certificate – €684 a year in Vilnius – and 15% income tax). A letting agency's fee (≈ 10% of rent) isn't included. We recommend the package with the highest net yield.

Energy class: what we compare and how

We take the energy class from the developer's website (the project description) or, for some projects where the developer doesn't publish it, from CityNow, and rate it as shown in the table. We compare all available flats in our database – currently 99 new-build and building-conversion projects in Vilnius. The data is refreshed whenever we re-read the developers' websites; the update date is shown on the home page. If the developer doesn't state the class, we treat it as lower than A+.

Developers: 4City, A plius linija, Acinus, Anreka, Aternus, Bonava, Build Me, Citus, Darnu Group, Dupro sprendimai, Eika, Eriadas, Galio Group, Groupinvest, Hanner, HiLTUS, Homa, YIT, Infra Group, Inspiration capital, Investicijos ir partneriai, KAITA Group, Kanso LT, LINI, Lithome, Merko, Nomos, NTX Development, Omberg, Orner, Plytų pieva, Prodo, Rasko, Realco, Reefo, Reho, Releven, Rewo, Rinvest, SAVO investicija, Sino pliusas, SSA Baltic, Trinapolis, UAB K 125, UAB Lūšių 20, Unique Properties and 3 project(s) with no developer stated.

Sorting

By default we sort by match score, and flats with the same score by value score. You can also sort by value, price or completion date. When sorting by match or value, so that the top of the list isn't dominated by one project, we show at most two flats from the same project in any four in a row where possible (near the end of the list, when only one project's flats are left, this isn't always possible). When sorting by price or completion date, only that attribute counts.

Prices and estimates

Prices are as published by the developer; we show a previous price only as stated by the developer. If the developer doesn't publish a price, we show an estimate marked “≈”: it is based on the prices of flats in the same stage or project; if there are too few, on the project's published average price per m² (from the developer or CityNow) or the price level of the project's other stages, and if none of these exist, on the location (distance from the centre). If a price-per-m² range is published for the project, the estimate stays within it. An estimate is not an offer from the developer.

Data sources

Flats, prices and availability come from developers' websites; when you open a flat page we re-check its availability on the developer's website where possible. Surroundings (stops, schools, kindergartens, parks, main roads, shops) come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). We calculate the surroundings indicators (stops within 400 m, schools and kindergartens within 1 km, distance to a park and a main road) from OpenStreetMap data – we'll provide the method and the resulting indicators on request (ODbL). Price-per-m² ranges for some projects come from CityNow. If you spot a mistake, let us know and we'll fix it.

How we choose contractors

After you send a request, we suggest at most 3 companies and pass your contact details only to the ones you approve. We choose them by the service you need, your district, availability in the quarter your flat is handed over, price level and the fit-out package you chose, and how quickly they respond to requests. We only suggest checked companies: active (Register of Legal Entities), with insured employees (Sodra), without significant debts (tax authority, Sodra), and with certificates for electrical and air-conditioning work. Payments don't affect the choice; at the moment contractors don't pay us.

Product catalogue

We rank products by a popularity score calculated from each shop's own data (not the whole market): 55% – position in the shop's “most popular” or “best sellers” list (0.25 if the shop publishes no such list), 30% – number of reviews, 15% – rating (with at least 3 reviews), and +0.1 for a shop label such as “Best seller”. Sponsored positions in shops' lists (“Remiamas”, “Sponsoruojama”) don't count as popularity, and we don't show ex-display items (possible defects, in-store only). The “Most popular in shops” group holds up to 8 products, at most 2 from any one shop, followed by “Popular” and “Other options”. If you choose a style, products that fit it come first: in furniture, lighting, curtains, flooring, tiles, bathroom fittings and other style categories, AI sets style, colour and material from the product photo; elsewhere we use the product name, and the labels may be inaccurate. You can sort by price (lowest or highest); flooring, tiles and paint by price per m² or litre; products without a current price go last. Prices include VAT and are as published by the shop on the day we checked; if a price was checked more than 14 days ago, we don't show it. We show a previous price only as stated by the shop. Ratings and review counts come from the shops' websites; we don't check whether they were written by people who bought the product. Accessories and parts (filters, frames, covers and the like) that ended up in the wrong category are not shown. When you buy, your contract is with the shop. Shops don't pay us for a place in the catalogue. We don't yet list appliances that carry an EU energy label (air conditioners, ovens, fridges, dishwashers, extractor hoods, washing machines): adverts for such products must show the energy class and the class scale, which we can't display yet – the estimate uses average prices for them.