Contracts of sale deposited in Nicosia, monthly figures

The latest month#

374 contracts of sale were deposited at the Nicosia district land office in September 2026, against 351 in September 2025, a change of +6.6% year on year (Department of Lands and Surveys, September 2026).¹ The count rose from 225 in August 2026.¹

The highest single month for Nicosia in the series, which begins in January 2018, was March 2026 with 442 contracts (Department of Lands and Surveys, March 2026).¹

Source: Department of Lands and Surveys (6 releases). Retrieved 29 Oct 2026.

Latest official release: September 2026 · Next expected: November 2026

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January to September 2026 against the same months of 2025#

From January to September 2026, 3,163 contracts were deposited in Nicosia, against 2,991 in the same months of 2025, a change of +5.8% (Department of Lands and Surveys, January to September 2026).¹ That is 21.1% of the 14,969 contracts deposited across Cyprus over the same nine months (3,163 ÷ 14,969).¹ May is the only month of 2026 so far below the same month of 2025.¹

Annual totals#

Annual totals are sums of the published monthly figures (Department of Lands and Surveys, 2018 to 2025).^2345671 In 2025 Nicosia accounted for 22.7% of the 18,114 contracts deposited across Cyprus (4,115 ÷ 18,114).¹⁷ 2026 is left out of the table because the year is incomplete.

Foreign buyers in Nicosia#

The Department's foreign-buyer table counted 51 Nicosia properties with registered contracts to buyers from outside Cyprus in September 2026: 27 to EU buyers and 24 to non-EU buyers (Department of Lands and Surveys, September 2026).⁸ These figures count properties under contracts registered to foreign buyers, while the 374 above count contract documents deposited; the two are different units and are not compared.¹⁸

From January to September 2026 the table counted 493 Nicosia properties under contract to foreign buyers (246 EU, 247 non-EU), against 454 in the same months of 2025, a change of +8.6% (Department of Lands and Surveys, January to September 2026).⁸⁹ Non-EU purchases were 247 against 234, a change of +5.6%.⁸⁹ The island-wide picture is on the foreign buyer statistics page.

Source: Department of Lands and Surveys (7 releases). Retrieved 29 Oct 2026.

Latest official release: September 2026 · Next expected: November 2026

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Nicosia against the other districts#

District counts are the published district land office figures (Department of Lands and Surveys, January to September 2026).¹ Nicosia had the third largest number of contracts of the five districts over the nine months. The Pancyprian series is on the Cyprus contracts of sale page, and the Limassol contracts of sale page uses the same layout.

Prices in the same district#

The Central Bank of Cyprus index for Nicosia stood at 90.28 in Q2 2026 (2010 Q1 = 100), +5.72% on Q2 2025; the flats index was 101.95 and the houses index 83.23 (Central Bank of Cyprus, Q2 2026).¹⁰ The index measures price change, not an average price; the full series is on the Cyprus Residential Property Price Index page.

How this is calculated#

Monthly figures are the Nicosia cells of the Department of Lands and Surveys contracts-of-sale PDFs, read unchanged into the market_data collection; they count contract documents deposited, not properties sold. Annual and nine-month totals are the sum of the published monthly figures. Percentage changes are later period / earlier period - 1, rounded to one decimal place. Foreign-buyer figures come from a separate Department table that counts properties, not contract documents, so each measure is shown on its own and the two are never subtracted from or divided by each other; the Department notes that the coding of foreign buyers changed in 2018. The Department re-uploads the current-year file every month, so the latest months can change.

Next official release: October 2026 contracts of sale, expected in the Department of Lands and Surveys re-uploaded 2025–2026 file during November 2026 (date not announced).