Illustratively, the impact on the average monthly mortgage payment is around CZK 24.7 thousand. The combination of the fall in interest rates and the higher average mortgage amount in February 2026 compared to the 2025 averages increased the average monthly mortgage payment by CZK 2k. The fall in mortgage rates by over 0.1% points compared to their average level of 4.58% in 2025 has, for an average mortgage size with a typical repayment period of almost 27 years, reduced the monthly mortgage payment by less than CZK 300 to approximately CZK 24.7 thousand. CZK 24,300. Compared to the average mortgage rate of 5.07% in 2024, the savings due to the interest rate amounted to just under CZK 1,600 for a mortgage at its current average value.
However, the current average mortgage amount is 10% higher than its average amount in 2024, which contributes to an increase in the monthly payment of CZK 2.2 thousand.
Conversely, compared to the average 2.8% mortgage rate for new mortgages in 2019, the current refinance mortgage rate of 4.43% when the loan term is shortened raises the monthly payment on the average mortgage by more than 1,600 kc, or about 3.2% of the current gross average wage.

CBA Hypomonitor

The first time series - red - reflects the average realized interest rate and the average amount of new mortgage originations from the CBA Hypomonitor.
The second time series - orange - for a mortgage of CZK 2.66 million reflects the average mortgage amount from January 2020 according to the CBA Hypomonitor.
The difference between the red and orange ted reflects the impact of the different mortgage amount over time compared to the average January 2022 mortgage amount (2.66 million).

CBA Hypomonitor

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