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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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