Trends in Real Estate Asking Prices

12.9 % yoy
Current value
16.9 % yoy
Last quarter's figure

Comment by the Czech Bar Association

According to data from the Czech Statistical Office, asking prices for new and existing apartments in the Czech Republic rose by 2.7% in the first quarter of 2026, following a 2.4% increase in the previous quarter.This growth rate was thus close to the average quarterly growth of 2.4% recorded since the end of 2019. In Prague, these prices rose by 2.4% quarter-on-quarter, following a 2.2% increase; compared to the long-term average of 2.1%.
Year-on-year, prices in the Czech Republic rose by 12.9% in Q1 2026,2026, reaching 1.8 times the pre-pandemic level in the fourth quarter of 2019 and 2.9 times the level at the end of 2013. These ratios reached 1.7 and 2.8 in Prague, while in the rest of the country they were 2 and 3.
In 2025, the Czech Republic saw an average year-over-year change in asking prices for new and older apartments of 16.8% (up from 5.1% the previous year), of which prices in Prague rose by 15.9% (following 5.4%).

Trends in Real Estate Asking Prices

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Source of primary data

Czech Statistical Office

Category

Real Estate Prices

Data frequency

quarterly

Note

Average asking prices for new and renovated apartments, as well as older apartments.

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Comments

Strong pace of growth in supply prices of flats also at the beginning of 2026
Jaromír Šindel 08. 04. 2026

In Q1 2026, the offer prices of flats rose by 2.7% quarter-on-quarter. The housing market is slowing down slightly in terms of offer prices after last year's significant increase in prices, but price growth remains above average and is not sufficient to improve the ratio of housing prices to household incomes significantly. In the regions, prices continue to rise faster than in Prague and the year-on-year cooling is still evident in Prague. Overall annual growth in the supply side of house prices has slowed to 12.9% from the previous 16-18% during 2025. Higher supply side house prices have been heralded by continued growth in average mortgage rates.

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Comment by Jaromír Šindel, Chief Economist of the CBA: Even the third quarter of 2025 did not bring a significant recovery in household disposable income. Despite this, the household savings rate has been abnormally high for almost six years. In Q3, it was 18.4%. Weaker quarter-on-quarter growth in disposable income has not kept pace with house prices for six quarters in a row. On a year-over-year basis, we are comparing 3.4% growth in disposable income vs. a 10.8% increase in home purchase prices including land (HPI).

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