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04-07-2024 14:03

House Price Index (HPI): 1st Quarter 2024

Annual Change 1,1%

According to preliminary estimate of the Statistical Service, the HPI for the first quarter of 2024 amounts to 111,53 units. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, the HPI increased by 1,4% while compared to the Index of the corresponding quarter of 2023, the Index increased by 1,1%.

The fluctuation of the Index for the period between the first quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024 as well as the quarterly and annual percentage changes are presented in the following table.

Table

 

Q1

2023

Q2

2023

Q3

2023

Q4

2023

Q1

2024

HPI (2015=100)

110,31

110,15

110,65

109,95

111,53

Quarterly change (%)

1,9

-0,1

0,4

-0,6

1,4

Annual change1 (%)

6,1

3,6

0,6

1,6

1,1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

Methodological Information 

Definition

House Price Index (HPI)is a quarterly index which measures the change in the average prices of residential dwellings. It captures all types of residential properties, both new and existing. The land component of the residential property is included.

Data Source

The data source used for both, indices and weights, is the Department of Lands and Surveys, Ministry of Interior. The data cover all areas which are under the control of the government of the Republic of Cyprus.

Data Compilation

The data are stratified into two strata; old and new dwellings. For each stratum a rolling window hedonic regression model is used in order to calculate the sub-indices. Then, the sub-indices are weighted based on the sum of the value of the properties of each stratum in the previous year.

Base Year

The base year is 2015=100.

Data Revision

Data are marked as provisional and are revised as soon as new information is available.

For more information, visit CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Price Indices, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), Methodological Information or contact Mr Filippos Kakoutsis (tel: 22605149, email: fkakoutsis@cystat.mof.gov.cy) or Ms Constantia Papageorgiou (tel: 22602116, email: cpapageorgiou@cystat.mof.gov.cy).

The Predefined Tables available in Excel format, are updated up to and including the 4th quarter of 2021. More recent data are published only on the CYSTAT-DB Online Database. 

(MS/NGian)