Housing Index in Malta increased to 171.93 points in the second quarter of 2025 from 169.11 points in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Malta House Price Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about House Prices Growth

• Malta house prices grew 4.1% YoY in Sep 2024, following an increase of 5.2% YoY in the previous quarter.
• YoY growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2001 to Sep 2024, with an average growth rate of 5.2%.
• House price data reached an all-time high of 36.7% in Jun 2004 and a record low of -9.9% in Mar 2009.

Graph and download economic data for Real Residential Property Prices for Malta (QMTR368BIS) from Q1 2006 to Q1 2025 about Malta, residential, housing, real, and price.

The Direct Real Estate Activities industry have come up against numerous headwinds in recent years, ranging from the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 to the high base rate environment in the years since, which has inflated borrowing costs for potential buyers. This is a sharp contrast to the ultra-low interest environment seen over the decade following the 2008 financial crisis. Still, revenue is forecast to edge upwards at a compound annual rate of 0.6% over the five years through 2025 to €622.9 billion, including an anticipated rise of 0.8% in 2025. Despite weak revenue growth, profitability remains strong, with the average industry profit margin standing at an estimated 18.9% in 2025. Central banks across Europe adopted aggressive monetary policy in the two years through 2023 in an effort to curb spiralling inflation. This ratcheted up borrowing costs and hit the real estate sector. In the residential property market, mortgage rates picked up and hit housing transaction levels. However, the level of mortgage rate hikes has varied across Europe, with the UK experiencing the largest rise, meaning the dent to UK real estate demand was more pronounced. Commercial real estate has also struggled due to inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions and rising rates. Alongside this, the market’s stock of office space isn’t able to satisfy business demand, with companies placing a greater emphasis on high-quality space and environmental impact. Properties in many areas haven't been suitable due to their lack of green credentials. Nevertheless, things are looking up, as interest rates have been falling across Europe over the two years through 2025, reducing borrowing costs and boosting the number of property transactions, which is aiding revenue growth for estate agents. Revenue is slated to grow at a compound annual rate of 4.5% over the five years through 2030 to €777.6 billion. Economic conditions are set to improve in the short term, which will boost consumer and business confidence, ramping up the number of property transactions in both the residential and commercial real estate markets. However, estate agents may look to adjust their offerings to align with the data centre boom to soak up the demand from this market, while also adhering to sustainability commitments.

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Malta - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price was 19.70% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Malta - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price reached a record high of 31.00% in December of 2009 and a record low of 12.10% in December of 2018.

Residential Property Prices in Malta increased 5.69 percent in March of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Malta Residential Property Prices.

Real residential property prices Y-on-Y, percent change in Malta, March, 2025 The most recent value is 3.81 percent as of Q1 2025, a decline compared to the previous value of 4.66 percent. Historically, the average for Malta from Q1 2006 to Q1 2025 is 3.62 percent. The minimum of -7.33 percent was recorded in Q4 2009, while the maximum of 28.66 percent was reached in Q1 2007. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Malta - House price index was 5.60% in June of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - House price index - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Malta - House price index reached a record high of 29.80% in March of 2007 and a record low of -7.70% in December of 2009.

Malta - Selected residential property prices, Nominal, Year-on-year changes, in per cent

Building contractors and developers depend on various socio-economic factors, including property values, underlying sentiment in the housing market, the degree of optimism among downstream businesses and credit conditions. All of these drivers typically track in line with economic sentiment, with recent economic shocks spurring a difficult period for building contractors and developers. Nonetheless, the enduring need for building services, particularly to tackle housing shortages across the continent, ensures a strong foundation of work. Revenue is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 2.3% to reach €1.3 trillion over the five years through 2025. Operational and supply chain disruption caused by the pandemic reversed the fortunes of building contractors and developers in 2020, as on-site activity tumbled and downstream clients either cancelled, froze or scaled back investment plans. Aided by the release of pent-up demand and supportive government policy, building construction output rebounded in 2021. Excess demand for key raw materials led to extended lead times during this period, while input costs recorded a further surge as a result of the effects of rapidly climbing energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Soaring construction costs and the impact of interest rate hikes on both the housing market and investor sentiment led to a renewed slowdown in building construction activity across the continent. However, falling inflation and the start of an interest rate cutting cycle have spurred signs of a recovery in new work volumes, supporting anticipated revenue growth of 2.3% in 2025. Revenue is forecast to increase at a compound annual rate of 6.7% to €1.7 trillion over the five years through 2030. Activity is set to remain sluggish in the medium term, as weak economic growth and uncertainty surrounding the impact of the volatile global tariff environment on inflation and borrowing costs continue to weigh on investor sentiment. Contractors and developers will increasingly rely on public sector support, including measures to boost the supply of new housing, as countries seek to tackle severe housing shortages. Meanwhile, the introduction of more stringent sustainability requirements will drive demand for energy retrofits.

The real estate prices in Sweden increased significantly between 2008 and 2023. In 2023, the price index reached 455, with 1990 as base year. This was the first decrease in house prices since 2012. Despite the decline, prices in 2023 were still notably higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the reasons was the slowdown in construction, which hampered the supply of new homes. Rented dwellings are popular among Swedes Sweden is one of the countries in Europe with the most renters among the population. Only about 64 percent of people lived in an owner-occupied home in 2022. Only a few countries, such as France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria, had lower homeownership rates. How many rooms do Europeans have at home? As of 2021, the European countries which had been reported to have the highest number of rooms per person were Ireland and Malta, with 2.3 rooms per person on average. Sweden ranked fifteenth on the list, where the average number of rooms per person was 1.9.

Malta - Severe housing deprivation rate: Tenant, rent at market price was 2.30% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - Severe housing deprivation rate: Tenant, rent at market price - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Malta - Severe housing deprivation rate: Tenant, rent at market price reached a record high of 10.50% in December of 2016 and a record low of 0.00% in December of 2008.

Graph and download economic data for Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: Actual Rentals for Housing for Malta (CP0410MTM086NEST) from Jan 1996 to Sep 2025 about Malta, rent, harmonized, CPI, housing, price index, indexes, and price.

Malta - Selected residential property prices, Nominal, Index, 2010 = 100

Revenue is forecast to contract at a compound annual rate of 2% over the five years through 2025 to €44.7 billion. This is mostly the result of COVID-19 restrictions dampening downstream demand in 2020. While 2021 saw some recovery, poor economic conditions since 2022 have stifled any significant recovery, continuing to weigh on the industry’s revenue performance. In 2025, revenue is slated to dip by 1.1% owing to the cooling housing market, despite significant investment in civil engineering projects across Europe. Despite public funding and support for new residential properties, a weaker housing market has limited stone and aggregates demand from property developers. This is primarily the result of persistently high interest rates, inhibiting borrowing and investing. Another key factor is the decline in cement and concrete manufacturing (two key downstream markets) in Europe since 2021, according to CEMBUREAU, owing to construction companies moving towards lower embedded CO2 construction materials. Still, revenue has been propped up by growing demand from non-construction markets, like glass manufacturers, fertiliser manufacturers and other industrial and building-environment solutions applications (like sand and gravel being used to prevent coastline erosion) Over the five years through 2030, revenue is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 2.5%, to €50.7 billion. Economic conditions are likely to remain fairly weak in the short to medium term as inflation remains above the universal 2% target. The elevated rate of inflation will ensure central banks delay any reductions in the base rate, keeping the cost of borrowing high for would-be home buyers. Weaker demand for houses will contribute to weak price performance and disincentivise developers from increasing production, weighing on activity levels in the construction sector. However, pockets of opportunity will remain in alternative uses of stone, clay, gravel and sand.

Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Actual rentals for housing was 153.59 points in September of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Actual rentals for housing - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Actual rentals for housing reached a record high of 153.59 points in September of 2025 and a record low of 72.83 points in October of 1996.

Graph and download economic data for Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: Services Related to Housing for Malta (SERVHOMTM086NEST) from Jan 1996 to Aug 2025 about Malta, harmonized, CPI, services, housing, price index, indexes, and price.

Over the five years through 2024, IP leasing revenue is projected to fall at a compound annual rate of 4.5% to €29.7 billion. IP leasing demand has benefitted from increasing technological complexity in vehicles, software and pharmaceuticals. Tax incentives have also driven up IP leasing by reducing the R&D costs, thereby cutting the prices charged for leasing IP. Demand from the radio frequency spectrum leasing market has surged thanks to the rollout of 5G across the majority of European geographies. However, IP leasing demand slumped at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused business confidence and research and development spending to tumble. Revenue has since bounced back, though, and is slated to swell by 0.2% in 2024 as European businesses continue to realise the benefits of leasing IP rather than developing it themselves. Revenue is forecast to surge at a compound annual rate of 4.8% over the five years through 2029, reaching €37.7 billion. Rising research and development expenditure across Europe will boost the pool of registered designs, patents and trademarks available in the market, fuelling revenue growth. European business and consumer sentiment is projected to strengthen moving forward, supporting demand for IP leasing. The ongoing trend of technological manufacturers across Europe becoming fabless will also drive up the need for leasing IP.

Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Services related to housing was 146.88 points in August of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Services related to housing - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Malta - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Services related to housing reached a record high of 146.88 points in August of 2025 and a record low of 58.12 points in July of 1996.