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Cyprus Property Transaction Data: August 2026

Last reviewed: 14 September 2026

Monthly property sale contracts, completed transfers, declared transaction values and non-Cypriot buyer shares for the five districts of the Republic of Cyprus, compiled from the statistical releases of the Department of Lands and Surveys.

Period covered: August 2026
Published: 13 September 2026
Next edition: monthly, normally within a week of the Department's release
Compiled by: Cyprus Gate · Methodology and sources
Previous month: July 2026

Two definitions matter when reading the table. Contracts of sale are contracts deposited with the Department in the stated month, which makes them a forward indicator of demand. Transfers are completed changes of registered ownership, which typically lag their contract.

They are not two views of the same transactions in the same month, and the two columns should not be compared as though they were.

1,241 contracts +10.0%

Property sale contracts deposited across the five districts of the Republic of Cyprus in August 2026, against August 2025.

Key Figures: Republic-Wide Totals

The figures below are Republic-wide: totals and averages across all five districts of the Republic of Cyprus combined. They are national aggregates, not typical values for any one district or property. District-level detail follows in the table.

1,241 contractsRepublic-wide total of property sale contracts deposited across all five districts in August 2026, an increase of 10.0% on August 2025.
Limassol, 395The highest volume of any district. The largest year-on-year change was in Larnaca, at +35.3%.
€206,309Republic-wide average declared value per property transferred. A transaction mix indicator, not a price index, and it ranges from €111,322 in Famagusta to €291,631 in Limassol.
21.8% non-CypriotRepublic-wide share of properties transferred to non-Cypriot buyers, of which 55.4% went to buyers from outside the EU. The district range is 7.5% to 47.7%.

District Breakdown

Table 1 · Contracts, transfers and declared values by district, August 2026
District	Contracts	Change YoY	Contracts YTD	YTD YoY	Transfers	Avg declared value	Non-Cypriot share
Limassol	395	−5.0%	4,354	+17.0%	417	€291,631	18.7%
Paphos	267	+19.7%	2,654	+19.7%	298	€261,310	47.7%
Larnaca	299	+35.3%	2,898	+13.0%	281	€150,490	24.9%
Nicosia	225	+8.2%	2,789	+5.6%	478	€149,874	7.5%
Famagusta	55	−8.3%	593	+8.4%	98	€111,322	17.3%

Source: Department of Lands and Surveys, monthly statistical releases, August 2026. Contracts are contracts of sale deposited in the month. Change YoY compares with the same month a year earlier. Contracts YTD is the cumulative total for the year so far. Transfers are properties whose ownership was registered in the month. Avg declared value is total declared value divided by properties transferred, calculated by Cyprus Gate. Non-Cypriot share is the share of those transfers going to buyers who are not Cypriot. Famagusta refers to the areas of the district under the effective control of the Republic.

What this shows. Limassol led on volume with 395 contracts, while Larnaca recorded the largest year-on-year increase at 35.3%. Limassol carries the highest average declared value at €291,631. Paphos recorded the highest non-Cypriot share of transfers at 47.7%, against 7.5% in Nicosia. Limassol and Famagusta both recorded falls in monthly contracts, at 5.0% and 8.3% respectively, while remaining ahead year to date.

Nicosia recorded more transfers than contracts in the month, and the highest transfer count of any district at 478. Because transfers lag their contracts, that reflects earlier activity completing rather than current demand.

Methodology and Sources

Figures are compiled from the monthly statistical releases of the Department of Lands and Surveys of the Republic of Cyprus. The Department reports contracts of sale, completed transfers and foreign buyer activity in separate files, in two languages, and in formats that change between releases. Cyprus Gate parses those releases into a single dataset, derives the district-level measures the Department does not publish directly, and republishes the whole series.

Definitions

Contracts of sale are contracts deposited with the Department in the stated month. They are a forward indicator of completed transactions.
Transfers are completed changes of registered ownership, which typically lag the corresponding contract.
Declared value is the amount recorded for transfer fee purposes. It is not an appraised market value.
Average declared value is total declared value divided by the number of properties transferred. It is a transaction mix indicator, not a price index.
Non-Cypriot share is the share of properties transferred in the month to buyers who are not Cypriot.

Coverage and comparability

Data covers the areas under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus. The Department advises against comparing foreign buyer figures before 2018 with later periods.

Contracts and transfers are not two views of the same transactions in the same month. A district can record more transfers than contracts, or the reverse, without either figure indicating anything unusual.

What Cyprus Gate calculates

Contract counts, transfer counts, total declared values and non-Cypriot shares are taken as published. Average declared value per property, year-on-year changes and year-to-date totals are calculated by Cyprus Gate from those published figures, and can be reproduced from the source releases.

Source releases

Contracts of sale : Department of Lands and Surveys
Transfers of sale : Department of Lands and Surveys
Sales to foreign buyers : Department of Lands and Surveys

Corrections

If you believe a figure on this page is wrong, write to info@cyprus-gate.com with the table and the source. Corrections are made on the page and noted in the publication line.

Cyprus Property Transactions: Frequently Asked Questions

How many properties were sold in Cyprus in August 2026?

1,241 property sale contracts were deposited across the five districts of the Republic of Cyprus in August 2026, an increase of 10.0% on August 2025. Contracts of sale are a forward indicator; completed transfers of ownership typically lag them.

Which district in Cyprus has the most property transactions?

Limassol recorded the highest volume in August 2026 with 395 contracts of sale. Larnaca recorded the largest year-on-year increase at 35.3%. Larnaca recorded 299, Paphos 267, Nicosia 225 and Famagusta 55.

What proportion of Cyprus property is bought by foreign buyers?

Non-Cypriot buyers accounted for 21.8% of properties transferred in the Republic of Cyprus in August 2026, of which 55.4% went to buyers from outside the EU. The share varies sharply by district, from 47.7% in Paphos to 7.5% in Nicosia.

What is the average property price in Cyprus?

The average declared value per property transferred in August 2026 was €206,309. Declared value is the amount recorded for transfer fee purposes rather than an appraised market value, and the average reflects the mix of properties transferred in the month rather than a price level.

What is the difference between contracts of sale and transfers?

Contracts of sale are contracts deposited with the Department of Lands and Surveys in the stated month, making them a forward indicator of demand. Transfers are completed changes of registered ownership, which typically lag their contract. They are not two views of the same transactions in the same month.