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Statistics Poland reported that construction and assembly production was 6.7% higher than a year earlier in August 2026, while separate housing data still showed more completions, more starts and many more permits in the first eight months of the year.
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Construction and assembly prices in Poland increased 6.2% year on year in August 2026 and 0.3% from July, keeping a firm cost floor under new development.
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Construction-material prices in Cyprus rose 3.39% year on year in August 2026, with metals and wood, insulation, chemicals and plastics each up 4.60%, adding a cost-side pressure to a rapidly expanding residential pipeline.
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Construction production rose 4.9% year on year in July 2026, led by a 9.5% expansion in building construction, but total output fell 0.6% from June on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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Greece's construction index increased 7.1% year on year in Q2 2026, but the headline concealed a sharp split between strong building activity and falling civil engineering output, while seasonally adjusted momentum was almost flat.
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Building permits issued in January-May 2026 covered 8,978 planned homes, 63.7% more than a year earlier, with apartment units almost doubling and the authorised project value passing EUR2.1 billion.
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Cyprus received 581,880 tourists in August, down 3.3% year on year, while arrivals for January-August fell 7.0% — a softer backdrop for tourism-linked property even as recent sales activity remains firm.
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The value of newly started multi-unit housing projects in Romania was about 30% lower in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier, pointing to a weaker future supply pipeline even as work already under way remains active.
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CYSTAT recorded 735 building permits worth €428.2 million in May 2026; across the first five months, planned dwelling units surged 63.7% year on year to 8,978.
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Revenue Service says around 81,000 families could leave the property-tax net this year, removing roughly GEL 22 million in liabilities under the current rules; the amendment is being fast-tracked.
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Bank of Greece data for Q2 2026 show nationwide apartment prices up 5.5% year on year, with growth slowing from 8.3% in 2025 and shifting away from the biggest cities.
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A fresh presidential update puts a scale on Cyprus’s housing policy: more than €300 million committed across government schemes, more than 5,500 residential units being added to the market, and fast-track licensing used by over 15,000 families.
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The developer says it plans to invest more than $80 million in residential construction in 2026, potentially reaching $100 million, while company sales are running about 40% above last year. Official Q2 data show real estate absorbed $119.9 million of foreign direct investment.
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Registered apartment sales fell 11.8% year on year in July, but new-project resales rose 19.1%. The split matters more than the headline decline.
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A government bill would let housing communities pursue statutory warranty claims over defects in common property on behalf of apartment owners, reducing today’s dependence on individual assignments of claims.
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A Finance Ministry proposal would tie property-tax liability to each owner’s share and could also remove a separate filing step after many residential transactions.
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The rule requiring rents to be paid through bank accounts is still scheduled to take effect on 1 October, but property owners are pressing for another postponement and the finance ministry is reportedly considering it.
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The ECB raised all three key rates by 25 basis points, while Cyprus inflation jumped to 5.2% in August. Variable-rate borrowers are the first exposed; fixed-rate mortgages are not repriced automatically, but the direction of travel for new borrowing has changed.
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Fresh GUS data show more homes completed, more construction starts and more permits than a year earlier, pointing to a broader housing-supply pipeline rather than a single-month rebound.
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One scheme lets families add a new dwelling to an existing property; another offers eligible under-45 households state plots at a quarter of market value.
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The NBG kept its policy rate unchanged, but with inflation at 5.6% and further tightening still on the table, cheaper lari mortgages are not yet in sight.
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BIK says the value of housing-loan enquiries was 9.3% higher than a year earlier in August, while the number of applicants fell 14.4% from July. The market is still active, but the post-summer signal is less exuberant than the annual headline suggests.
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Sale contracts reached 1,241 in August and 13,288 in the first eight months of 2026. Larnaca jumped 35% year on year, while Limassol recorded its first annual monthly decline of the year.
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Foreign direct investment dropped to $468.8 million in Q2 2026, yet real estate attracted $119.9 million and became the country’s second-largest recipient of foreign capital.
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Banks and credit unions granted 33.1% more housing loans than a year earlier and 45.3% more by value. The record is real, but roughly a third of new mortgage lending reflected refinancing rather than fresh home purchases.
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Athens has announced a €2 billion “Spiti mou III” first-home programme alongside a fivefold rise in the residential property-transfer tax for third-country buyers, from 3% to 15% from 1 January 2027. The two measures push in opposite directions: cheaper financing for domestic first-home demand, and a much higher entry cost for some foreign buyers.
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Lease data covering 124 areas show a broad rise in Greek residential rents, with Attica up 4.3% from 2025 and Thessaloniki up 3.0%. The national average, however, masks neighborhood increases above 10% and a wide gap between expensive and still relatively affordable submarkets.
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The Interior Ministry and MPs are working on stricter, measurable limits for third-country buyers, including possible bans near critical infrastructure and certain development boundaries. The proposals are still being negotiated and are not yet final law.
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Developers sold more than 4,300 homes across seven major markets in August, up 25% year on year. The unusually strong holiday-month reading comes with a caveat: a large reservation pipeline can lift reported sales before every deal is fully locked in.
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Georgia is preparing to change the property-tax rules for individuals. A simple increase in the GEL 40,000 household-income exemption would probably be a modest support for housing, with the fastest behavioural response likely to appear in the secondary market. A broader reform tied more closely to property value or multiple ownership could produce the opposite effect.
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Tbilisi sold 4,475 apartments in July, up 21.5% from a year earlier. The eye-catching part is not just the headline growth: resale transactions reached their highest monthly level since 2022, while rents stayed near $10 per square metre and non-resident demand increased.
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Cyprus sold 3,594 off-plan homes worth €1.149 billion in the first half of 2026. The national total hides a sharp district split: Nicosia leads by volume, Limassol by capital, Larnaca by attainable apartment demand, and Paphos by premium house prices.
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Geostat’s residential property price index increased in the second quarter of 2026, but its scope is advertised new dwellings in Tbilisi rather than completed sales across Georgia.
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Eurostat’s first-quarter data show a broad rise in residential prices across the European Union, with Bulgaria recording substantially stronger annual and quarterly growth.
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