Cyprus property market Q4 2025: Apartments lead growth

The latest RICS Cyprus Property Index with KPMG in Cyprus (Q4 2025) saw mild price fluctuations across all categories of real estate in Cyprus. While the Office sector outperformed all...

Germasogeia apartment block still “hanging in the air”

An anonymous complaint recently submitted to the Independent Authority Against Corruption has once again brought to light a serious case of alleged negligence involving...

Update: Dual British–Cypriot nationals must use UK passport to enter UK

A significant change affecting dual British–Cypriot nationals has now come into effect. As of 25 February 2026, individuals who hold both British and Cypriot...

Bill set to reform property foreclosures in Cyprus

The Democratic Party (DIKO) has submitted a new bill to Parliament aimed at resolving the long-running issue of property foreclosures in Cyprus. Speaking at a...

Cyprus moving to restrict non-EU property purchases

A single bill that would limit property purchases by non-EU nationals is expected to be brought to the full House of Representatives for a...

Cyprus news in English

Non-EU buyers accounted for 30% of January’s property sales

Based on the number of property sale contracts deposited at Land Registry offices across Cyprus, non-EU buyers made up 30.8% of all property sales...

Paphos overtakes Limassol in luxury property prices

Cyprus' property market has started to show a shift in power, with Paphos now recording higher average prices than Limassol for new homes. While Limassol...

Cyprus building permits rise in number, size and value

Building activity in Cyprus surged during the first ten months of 2025, with more building permits authorised and larger, higher-value projects approved by the...

Claims Cypriot land is sold off to non-EU nationals overstated

Claims that foreign buyers are dominating Cyprus' property market may be overstated, with non-EU nationals accounting for just over a quarter of sales and...

House price index dips slightly in Q3 2025

The latest preliminary figures released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) suggest that the residential property market remained broadly stable in the third quarter...

Building permits plummet

The Cyprus construction sector experienced a sharp downturn in activity in June 2025, as well as across the first half of the year, with...

Cyprus rental market: Lessons from Europe

Housing affordability is rapidly becoming one of Europe's most pressing economic and social challenges. From major metropolitan hubs to smaller markets like Cyprus, rising...

Shrinkflation: smaller apartments, same bedrooms, same price

In recent months, Cyprus developers have intensified pressure on the government to relax planning regulations by reducing minimum apartment sizes and abolishing mandatory parking...

When governments restrict foreign buyers, investors should pay attention – not panic

Every few years, headlines appear announcing new restrictions on foreign property buyers. Governments present these measures as housing protections. Critics call them barriers to...

Development rights in Cyprus explained

I expect many readers will be aware of the concept of development rights that I wrote about in my previous article. However, I expect...

Cyprus 2026 property tax reforms: what buyers and sellers need to know

From 1 January 2026, Cyprus introduced a series of tax reforms that directly affect sale and purchase transactions of immovable property. These changes do...
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Cyprus aligns with EU on foreign direct investments screening

Cyprus has taken a major step to tighten controls over foreign direct investments with the approval of a new law aimed at safeguarding national...

Jointly-owned buildings bill delayed as disputes persist

Thousands of jointly-owned buildings residents remain effectively unprotected as long-standing problems persist, while the long-awaited revision of the legislative framework governing jointly-owned buildings faces...
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