Cyprus property sales accelerated in March, with transactions jumping 18 per cent year-on-year to 1,761, up from 1,491 in the same month of 2025.

According to the Department of Lands and Surveys, this growth outpaced the annual increases of 11 per cent and 12 per cent recorded in January and February, respectively.

Sales to foreign buyers, from both within and outside the EU, rose to 732 in March from 607 a year earlier, accounting for 41.6 per cent of total sales, against 40.7 per cent in March 2025.  

In the first quarter, sales to overseas buyers increased to 2,044 from 1,671. 

The biggest increase in March was recorded in the Famagusta district, where sales rose 59 per cent to 100 from 63 a year earlier.  

Nicosia followed with a 30 per cent increase to 442 from 341, while Limassol rose 20 per cent to 572 from 477.

Larnaca sales increased 16 per cent to 365 from 316. Paphos was the only district to post a decline, with sales falling 4 per cent to 282 from 294.

In the January-March period, property sales across Cyprus rose 14 per cent to 4,709, from 4,137 in the same period of 2025.

The largest quarterly increase was again recorded in the Famagusta district, where sales rose 36 per cent to 232 from 171.

Limassol followed with a 16 per cent rise to 1,499, while Nicosia was up 14 per cent at 1,065.

Paphos and Larnaca recorded increases of 11 per cent and 9 per cent, reaching 919 and 994 respectively. 

The figures showed the market strengthened through the quarter, with monthly sales rising from 1,411 in January to 1,537 in February and 1,761 in March, while the Middle East crisis has so far not affected the sector.