'Cyprus property depends on foreign buyers - Financial Mirror'
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An analysis of the total number of sales contracts registered with the Cadastral Department of Lands for the first five months of each year reveals that the Cypriot property market is experiencing its most active year since 2008. A study of the same figures suggests that the Cypriot real estate market is experiencing the most foreign investor dependent year since 2007. More specifically, foreign sales account for 46% of total sales in 2023, up from 43% in 2008. Continuing to analyze this data, we can conclude that the share of foreign sales in the real estate market in 2023 is the highest ever, with the exception of 2006 and 2007, when the share was 49% and 53% annually, respectively. These''The figures underline the significant reliance on foreign buyers in the current market and highlight the sustained interest and activity of international buyers in the real estate sector.
According to the Central Bank of Cyprus, house prices increased annually in all regions. House prices rose by 2.9% in Nicosia, 7.1% in Limassol, 3.3% in Larnaca, 10.4% in Paphos and 4.2% in Famagusta. Apartment prices rose significantly in all regions, by 4.3% in Nicosia, 9.3% in Limassol, 9.4% in Larnaca, 8.6% in Paphos and 5.1% in Famagusta. According to market data, this significant price increase is mainly due to the headquarters pull policy, which has attracted around 1,000 foreign companies to Cyprus in 2022. These are mainly companies from''Russia, Israel, Ukraine, the UK, Lebanon and Belarus. At the same time, the increase in lending costs due to the ECB interest rate hike does not seem to have had a significant impact on the overall demand for real estate, but on the other hand, it has significantly affected the demand for new housing loans. According to the Central Bank of Cyprus' Monetary and Financial Statistics publication, the volume of new housing loans in the fourth quarter of 2022 decreased by 25.2% year-on-year.
27 February
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