The M6 metro to Otopeni: what it means if you are selling or buying now

Not a week goes by without someone asking me about the metro. Sellers want to know whether to wait “for prices to rise”, buyers whether to wait “for the works to finish”. I have gathered here what is officially known and what it means, in practice, for a decision taken today.

What is known, with sources

• Line M6 connects the 1 Mai station to Henri Coandă Airport and is split into two sections: 1 Mai – Tokyo and Tokyo – Airport.
• The contractual completion date communicated publicly is 9 November 2028; government officials speak of it opening in 2029.
• Progress (start of 2026): the southern section roughly 60%, the northern section — the one that reaches Otopeni — roughly 25%, with an estimate of about 61% by the end of 2026.
• The delays have had concrete causes: utility networks that did not appear in the documentation, boring machines delivered late, design changes along the way.
• The surface works are seriously affecting traffic on DN1 between Otopeni and the north of Bucharest.

What it means for a seller

The argument “I’ll wait for the metro and sell for more” has two problems. First: the deadline is two to three years away and has already moved several times. Second: the market does not wait for the ribbon-cutting — announced infrastructure is reflected in interest gradually, not on a single day. If you have a real reason to sell now (a move, an inheritance, another purchase), the cost of waiting — rent, loan instalments, time — is usually greater than the difference you are hoping for.

As the valuer George Iliescu put it in our conversation: cost and value are different concepts. So are “what will happen” and “what is happening now”.

What it means for a buyer

If you have just come from a viewing on DN1 at five in the afternoon, you have seen the works at their worst. That is temporary. What is not temporary: the real distance to the future station, the area, the paperwork and the condition of the house. Check those, not today’s traffic. And yes, if your budget is built on a mortgage, the order stays the same: pre-approval first, then the house.

What I do NOT do

I will not promise you “prices go up by X% when the metro arrives”. Nobody knows that figure, and whoever tells you is selling something. What I can tell you, based on real transactions, is what your property is worth today and what could make it more attractive — and that is the information you can actually decide on.

Do you have a property near the M6 route and want to know where you stand? I will tell you within 24 hours.

Sources

• Rador, 31.01.2026: Metro line M6 will be ready in 2029
• Buletin de București: M6 may not be ready until the end of 2028
• Buletin de București: progress of the works on Section 1
• Wall-Street.ro: Progress on metro line M6