Event
Contract of sale
A sale agreement deposited at the District Lands Office. It protects the buyer and is usually filed soon after signing, so it is the earlier signal of demand.
Department of Lands and Surveys data · Cypriot, EU and non-EU buyers
Who is buying property in Cyprus, and where.
Every month the Department of Lands and Surveys (DLS) publishes how many properties went to buyers from inside and outside the EU, district by district. We read every file since 2018, checked every sum, and put it in one place you can filter, compare and cite.
Register extractSeptember 2026
| Entry | Count | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| All contracts of sale | 1,681 | contracts |
| Non-EU buyers | 495 | properties |
| EU buyers | 210 | properties |
| Cypriot, approximate | 976 | mixed |
Cypriot = contracts less foreign properties. One contract can cover several properties, so it is approximate.DLS source
1,681Contracts of sale in September 2026, up 13.3% on September 2025, DLS2
4,173Properties under contract to non-EU buyers, January to September 2026, up 19.7%, DLS1
58%Approximate Cypriot share of 2026 contracts so far: all contracts less foreign properties, so it mixes units2
71%Approximate foreign share in Paphos, foreign properties against all contracts, the highest district, January to September 20261
Folio 01Buyer mix explorer105 months · 5 districts
The buyer mix, month by month.
Pick a district on the map, or all of Cyprus, then the metric and the months. Contracts of sale and transfers are different events, so the explorer never mixes them. The Cypriot figure appears only on contracts, because it is derived from them, and it is approximate: it subtracts foreign properties from all contracts.
District
Stylised map, not to scale. Districts are DLS District Lands Offices.
Metric
Months
All of Cyprus · Contracts of sale · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 · 12 months
Mostly Cypriot buyers (approximate). Among foreign buyers, non-EU lead
19,910 contracts of sale were registered in Cyprus. Over the same months DLS counted 5,495 properties with contracts to non-EU buyers and 2,812 to EU buyers. Set against all contracts, that is a foreign share of about 41.7%, leaving roughly 58.3% for Cypriots. Both shares are approximate, because they divide properties by contracts. Contracts are +14.8% on the same months a year earlier, and the approximate foreign share has moved +2.1 pts.
By buyer originCount · approx. share of all contracts
Non-EU, properties5,49527.6%Year on year +19.0%
EU, properties2,81214.1%Year on year +25.2%
Cypriot, approximate11,60358.3%Year on year +10.8%. Approximate: all contracts less foreign properties, so it mixes two units. Not published by DLS
Most non-EU properties with contracts: Paphos (1,769). Most EU: Paphos (1,057).
What it means for a seller. Marketing aimed abroad should start outside the EU here. DLS does not say which countries, so test two or three source markets before committing the budget. On the approximate method most contracts here are Cypriot, so local channels deserve a real share of the plan.
| Month | EUproperties | Non-EUproperties | Cypriotapproximate | All contractscontracts | Foreign shareapproximate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 210 | 495 | 976 | 1,681 | 41.9% |
| Aug 2026 | 197 | 385 | 659 | 1,241 | 46.9% |
| Jul 2026 | 277 | 552 | 1,211 | 2,040 | 40.6% |
| Jun 2026 | 297 | 519 | 1,148 | 1,964 | 41.5% |
| May 2026 | 241 | 401 | 1,081 | 1,723 | 37.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 197 | 452 | 962 | 1,611 | 40.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 238 | 494 | 1,029 | 1,761 | 41.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 231 | 440 | 866 | 1,537 | 43.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 206 | 435 | 770 | 1,411 | 45.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 222 | 430 | 1,007 | 1,659 | 39.3% |
| Nov 2025 | 264 | 441 | 939 | 1,644 | 42.9% |
| Oct 2025 | 232 | 451 | 955 | 1,638 | 41.7% |
| Range total | 2,812 | 5,495 | 11,603 | 19,910 | 41.7% |
How it counts. EU and non-EU figures are the DLS counts of properties with registered contracts of sale, or properties transferred, for buyers “within EU (excluding Cypriots)” and “outside EU”.1 All contracts is the DLS total of registered contracts of sale for all buyers.2 Cypriot, approximate = all contracts less EU and non-EU properties with contracts. DLS does not publish it, and one contract can cover more than one property, so it is approximate; a month where it falls below zero is shown as zero in the chart and as “below 0” in the ledger. Shares on contracts are of all contracts; shares on transfers are of foreign transfers, because DLS publishes no all-buyer transfer count in these files. Year on year compares the same months a year earlier. It is left out when those months fall before January 2018, and on transfers whenever either range touches 2018 or 2019, when DLS foreign transfers run unexplainedly low. The headline on contracts names the approximate Cypriot majority first, then whichever foreign group leads. Leads means one group is at least 1.25 times the other. All of Cyprus is the sum of the five districts, which equals the DLS Pancyprian figure in every month. Data runs from January 2018 to September 2026.
Folio 02The figures16 rows · 11 Sourced · 5 Confirm
The latest figures, entered from the DLS files.
Every count below was read from the DLS PDFs on 20 October 2026. Figures DLS does not publish, such as the Cypriot share, are worked out by us and stamped Confirm, with the method in the row.
| Figure | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| All contracts of sale, September 2026 | 1,681 registered contracts, up 13.3% on 1,484 in September 2025. Limassol 506, Larnaca 393, Nicosia 374, Paphos 345, Famagusta 63.2DLS source | Sourced |
| Foreign buyers, properties with contracts, September 2026 | 495 properties with contracts to non-EU buyers and 210 to EU buyers.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Cypriot buyers, September 2026, approximate | Roughly 976, or about 58.1% of contracts: 1,681 contracts less 210 and 495 properties. It is approximate because it subtracts properties from contracts, and DLS does not publish it. The same subtraction appears in a BuySell analysis reported by Cyprus Mail.3Clickhouse calc | Confirm |
| All contracts of sale, January to September 2026 | 14,969, up 13.6% on 13,173 for the same months of 2025.2DLS source | Sourced |
| Foreign buyers, properties with contracts, January to September 2026 | Non-EU 4,173 properties, up 19.7% on 3,487. EU 2,094, up 21.2% on 1,728.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Cypriot buyers, January to September 2026, approximate | Roughly 8,702, or about 58.1% of contracts, against about 60.4% a year earlier: 14,969 contracts less 6,267 foreign properties. Approximate, because it mixes contracts and properties.Clickhouse calc | Confirm |
| Districts with most non-EU properties under contract, 2026 so far | Limassol 1,314, Paphos 1,308, Larnaca 1,123, Nicosia 247, Famagusta 181. Properties with contracts, January to September 2026.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Districts with most EU properties under contract, 2026 so far | Paphos 809, Limassol 500, Larnaca 420, Nicosia 246, Famagusta 119 properties, January to September 2026.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Foreign share by district, 2026 so far, approximate | Paphos about 70.6%, Larnaca 46.9%, Famagusta 45.7%, Limassol 37.3%, Nicosia 15.6%. EU plus non-EU properties divided by all contracts, so approximate: the two counts are different units.Clickhouse calc | Confirm |
| Foreign buyers, transfers, January to September 2026 | Non-EU 1,826 and EU 1,607 properties transferred. Transfers are completed sales, a different event from contracts.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Full year 2025 | 18,114 contracts of sale. Non-EU 4,809 and EU 2,446 properties with contracts.21DLS source | Sourced |
| The 2018 coding break | DLS changed how it codes “alien” buyers in its Land Information System and advises against comparing data from 2018 onwards with earlier years. This dataset starts in January 2018.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Properties against contracts | The foreign table counts properties with registered contracts of sale; the all-buyers table counts registered contracts of sale. One contract can cover more than one property, which is why the Cypriot figure is approximate.12DLS source | Sourced |
| How fast DLS publishes | The 2026 foreign-buyer file read for this edition covers 1 January to 30 September 2026, and its PDF records a creation date of 6 October 2026, six days after the period ended. Its web address dates from February 2026, so DLS appears to update the same file as months are added. One file date does not show the usual lag.1DLS source | Sourced |
| Buyer nationality | Not published by DLS. A reply by the Interior Minister to Parliament, reported on 24 October 2025, named British, Israeli and Russian buyers among the leaders by district for September 2024 to September 2025. It is a one-off answer, not a series, and the reported totals do not add up, so we have not used it.4Press report | Confirm |
| British buyers after Brexit | The UK Withdrawal Agreement took effect on 1 February 2020, with a transition to 31 December 2020.5 British buyers are outside the EU now, but DLS does not say from which month it counted them as non-EU. Treat EU against non-EU shifts in 2020 and 2021 with care.Not stated by DLS | Confirm |
Sources
- Republic of Cyprus, Department of Lands and Surveys, “Foreign Buyers Sales and Contracts of Sales”, one PDF per year, 2018 to 2026 (2018 and 2019 from the Greek pages). The 2026 file covers 01/01/2026 to 30/09/2026, created 6 October 2026. portal.dls.moi.gov.cy, foreign buyers statistics. Read 20 Oct 2026.
- Republic of Cyprus, Department of Lands and Surveys, “Contracts of Sales”, one PDF per pair of years, 2018 to 2026, by District Lands Office and Pancyprian. The 2025 and 2026 file is dated 5 October 2026. portal.dls.moi.gov.cy, contracts of sale statistics. Read 20 Oct 2026.
- Cyprus Mail, “Strongest September on record for Cyprus property”, 13 October 2026, a BuySell analysis of DLS figures: 1,681 contracts, 976 Cypriot, 210 EU, 495 non-EU. cyprus-mail.com, October 2026. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
- Cyprus Mail, “British, Israelis and Russians top list of foreign property buyers in Cyprus”, 24 October 2025, reporting data the Interior Minister submitted to Parliament for September 2024 to September 2025. cyprus-mail.com, October 2025. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
- European Commission, “EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement”: in force 1 February 2020, transition period to 31 December 2020. commission.europa.eu. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
Folio 03How we built thisClickhouse analysis of DLS data
How we built this dataset.
DLS publishes these counts as yearly PDFs, one table per year, with no spreadsheet and no single series. This page joins them into one monthly series from January 2018, by district and buyer origin, and states where it is exact and where it is an estimate.
Clickhouse analysis of DLS data · edition of 20 October 2026
- Fifteen files, read as publishedNine Foreign Buyers PDFs, 2018 to 2026, and six Contracts of Sale PDFs. Each is saved with the date we read it, because DLS appears to update the current year’s file in place as months are added.12
- Text, not retypingEach PDF is converted to text and parsed by a script. Nobody types a number in by hand.
- Every sum checkedFor every month, the five districts must add up to the DLS Pancyprian column, for EU and non-EU separately, in all four foreign tables, and every contracts row must add up to its printed total. One mismatch stops the build.
- One figure derived, and approximateCypriot = all contracts less EU and non-EU properties with contracts. It mixes two units, so it is an estimate, and it is the only count on this page that DLS does not print. Shares that use it, or that divide foreign properties by contracts, are approximate too.
- Re-read each quarterThe next edition re-reads every file and rebuilds this page from the new data.
840Month, table and origin sums checked against Pancyprian: 105 months, 4 tables, EU and non-EU
0Mismatches. Months that appear in two Contracts files agree
1District month where the approximate Cypriot figure falls below zero: Famagusta, January 2018
| Period | All contracts | EU properties | Non-EU properties | Cypriot, approx. | Foreign share, approx. | EU transfers | Non-EU transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9,242 | 1,428 | 2,939 | 4,875 | 47.3% | 235 | 194 |
| 2019 | 10,366 | 1,529 | 2,952 | 5,885 | 43.2% | 524 | 388 |
| 2020 | 7,968 | 1,153 | 1,832 | 4,983 | 37.5% | 1,559 | 873 |
| 2021 | 10,347 | 1,836 | 1,855 | 6,656 | 35.7% | 1,987 | 1,070 |
| 2022 | 13,409 | 2,545 | 3,383 | 7,481 | 44.2% | 2,645 | 1,471 |
| 2023 | 15,567 | 1,962 | 4,938 | 8,667 | 44.3% | 1,893 | 2,458 |
| 2024 | 15,797 | 1,907 | 4,321 | 9,569 | 39.4% | 1,915 | 2,511 |
| 2025 | 18,114 | 2,446 | 4,809 | 10,859 | 40.1% | 1,961 | 2,234 |
| Jan to Sep 2025 | 13,173 | 1,728 | 3,487 | 7,958 | 39.6% | 1,476 | 1,671 |
| Jan to Sep 2026 | 14,969 | 2,094 | 4,173 | 8,702 | 41.9% | 1,607 | 1,826 |
- The 2018 break. DLS advises against comparing 2018 onwards with earlier years, after it changed how “alien” buyers are coded. Older years are left out on purpose.1
- Properties against contracts. Foreign counts are properties; the all-buyers count is contracts. The Cypriot figure inherits that gap, so read it as an estimate, good to a few points.
- No nationality. DLS splits foreign buyers into “within EU (excluding Cypriots)” and “outside EU” only. No country, residence, price or property type is in these files.
- Transfers in 2018 and 2019 run low. Foreign transfers total 429 properties in 2018 and 3,057 in 2021. DLS gives no reason, so we show the transfers series but draw no trends from 2018 and 2019, and the explorer gives no year-on-year change on transfers that touches them.
- Two DLS link errors. The English pages for 2018 and 2019 link a broken or wrong file, so those years come from the Greek pages, whose tables match. The 2021 and 2022 Pancyprian contracts table has no December column; those two months are checked against the annual total instead.
- Not a census of people. A buyer who signs two contracts counts twice, and a couple buying one flat counts once in properties. Buyer counts are in the data and in the transfers ledger.
Folio 04ExplainedSix terms · three notes
Six terms you need to read the register.
DLS figures are precise, but their categories are not the ones most people assume. These are the definitions this page uses.
Event
Transfer
The change of title into the buyer’s name, a completed sale. On new builds it can come years after the contract, once title deeds are issued.
Origin
EU buyer
A DLS category: buyers “within EU, excluding Cypriots”. It says nothing about where the buyer lives.
Origin
Non-EU buyer
DLS calls them “aliens outside of EU”. After Brexit this includes British buyers, whom a 2025 ministry reply named as the largest group in Paphos and Famagusta.4
Origin
Cypriot, approximate
All contracts less foreign properties with contracts. It subtracts one unit from another, so it is an estimate. DLS does not publish it; we work it out, as the press does.
Place
District
The District Lands Office where the property is registered: Nicosia, Famagusta, Larnaca, Limassol or Paphos. Famagusta covers only the free area around Ayia Napa and Paralimni.
Two events
Contracts and transfers: why the explorer keeps them apart.
A buyer in Cyprus usually signs a contract of sale and deposits it at the District Lands Office within weeks. The transfer of title comes later. On a resale it can follow within days. On an off-plan flat it waits for the building’s title deeds, which can take years.
Contracts of sale
Today’s demand. Use them to judge who is buying now.
January to September 2026: 4,173 non-EU and 2,094 EU properties.1
Transfers
Past sales completing. Use them to judge handovers and title backlogs.
Same months: 1,826 non-EU and 1,607 EU properties.1
Adding the two would count many properties twice, a year or more apart. So the explorer shows one or the other, never a sum, and the Cypriot figure only appears on contracts, the one event with an all-buyer total.
Two categories
What “EU” and “non-EU” mean in DLS terms.
DLS sorts each foreign buyer into one of two groups: “within EU (excluding Cypriots)” and “outside EU”, which its tables also call “aliens”.1 That is the whole split. There is no country, and DLS does not say how it codes a dual national or a foreigner who has lived in Limassol for twenty years.
A Greek investor and a Polish retiree are both “EU”. A British couple and an Israeli developer are both “non-EU”.
Two things follow. First, a rise in non-EU buying does not tell you which market grew; the press relies on one-off ministry replies for that.4 Second, Brexit moved British buyers from one column to the other during 2020, and DLS does not say exactly when.5 Read EU against non-EU as a broad mix, not a country list.
One place, and one limit
Why the district follows the property, and when this data should not drive your plan.
Each count is filed at the District Lands Office where the property sits. A Nicosia-based Israeli buying a flat in Larnaca counts in Larnaca. So the district tells you where foreign money lands, not where foreign buyers live, work or first saw your advert.
That makes the data strong for one decision, which source markets to test for a project in a given district, and weak for others. Do not lean on it when:
- You sell mainly in Nicosia. Foreign buyers took about 16% of contracts there in 2026 so far. Local buyers are the market.
- You need nationalities. DLS does not publish them. Your own enquiry and sales records will tell you more.
- You are pricing a unit. These files carry no prices. Use valuations and comparable sales.
- Your project has fewer than about 20 units (our rule of thumb, not a DLS figure). A few sales will swing your result more than any district trend.
In those cases, spend the effort on your own funnel first. The buyer mix is context, not a plan.
Folio 05Worked examplesIllustrative · real DLS figures
Three sellers, three readings of the same register.
Illustrative cases, not clients. The district figures are real DLS counts for January to September 2026 against the same months of 2025; the projects and decisions are made up to show how the data is used.
A 60-flat tower picks its first markets
1,314Non-EU properties under contract
500EU properties
62.7%Cypriot share, approximate
The developer had planned an even split of its foreign budget between EU and non-EU markets. In Limassol, non-EU buyers took 2.6 properties for every EU one this year, and on the approximate method Cypriots still account for almost two in three contracts.
DecisionKeep a strong local campaign, then test two non-EU source markets before any EU spend. Ask every enquirer where they live, because DLS will not say.
A resale agent reads a foreign town
70.6%Foreign share, approximate
1,308Non-EU properties
809EU properties
Paphos is the only district where foreign properties under contract outnumber the approximate Cypriot figure, by more than two to one. A 2025 ministry reply to Parliament named British buyers as the largest group there,4 and since Brexit they sit in the non-EU column.
DecisionEnglish-language marketing stays the core. The agent stops reading “non-EU growth” as a new market and tracks the UK separately in its own enquiry data.
An off-plan launch checks its timing
+22.2%Non-EU properties with contracts, 919 to 1,123
+30.4%EU properties, 322 to 420
+14.7%All contracts, 2,869 to 3,291
Foreign buying in Larnaca grew faster than the district as a whole, lifting the approximate foreign share from 43.3% to 46.9%. Transfers barely moved, which is what you expect when sales are off-plan and title comes later.
DecisionLaunch with a foreign campaign from day one, judged on contracts, not transfers, and re-read the district each quarter before raising the budget.
Folio 06District compareTwo districts or two periods
Set two entries side by side.
Compare two districts over the same months, or one district across two periods. The headline is the approximate foreign share, foreign properties against all contracts, with EU and non-EU properties and the approximate Cypriot figure beneath it.
Two districts · Jan to Sep 2026
Paphos has the higher foreign share, by about 33.3 points
Paphos: foreign properties equal to 70.6% of its 2,999 contracts. Limassol: 37.3% of 4,860. Non-EU buyers took 1,314 properties in Limassol and 1,308 in Paphos. The shares divide properties by contracts, so they are approximate.
A
Limassol
Jan to Sep 202637.3%foreign share, approximate: foreign properties against all contracts
- Non-EU properties
- 1,314 27.0%
- EU properties
- 500 10.3%
- Cypriot, approximate
- 3,046 62.7%
- All contracts of sale
- 4,860
- Foreign transfers, properties
- 823
B
Paphos
Jan to Sep 202670.6%foreign share, approximate: foreign properties against all contracts
- Non-EU properties
- 1,308 43.6%
- EU properties
- 809 27.0%
- Cypriot, approximate
- 882 29.4%
- All contracts of sale
- 2,999
- Foreign transfers, properties
- 1,265
How it compares. Foreign share = EU plus non-EU properties with contracts, divided by all contracts of sale in the same district and months; Cypriot = the rest. Both divide properties by contracts, so both are approximate. A gap under 2 points is within the error the unit difference can cause, so the tool says so. In two-period mode, counts are compared only when both periods have the same number of months; otherwise compare shares. Periods are whole calendar years, the same months of each year to the latest month, and the latest 12 months, all from January 2018, where the comparable DLS series starts.12
Folio 07ProcessFour entries · one quarter
From register to marketing plan, in four entries.
The data tells you where foreign demand lands. A plan needs your own enquiry data on top. This is the order we work in.
Week 1
Read your district
Pull 12 months of contracts for your district, with EU and non-EU properties and the approximate Cypriot figure, then the change on a year earlier and where you rank.
Use contracts, not transfers, for current demand.Week 2
Match it to your enquiries
Set the DLS mix beside where your last 100 enquiries and sales came from, by country of residence, which DLS cannot give you.
Gaps between the two are where the budget is misplaced.Weeks 3 to 8
Test two or three markets
Run small, equal campaigns in the source markets the mix points to, and judge them on cost per qualified enquiry and viewings booked.
Agree what a qualified enquiry is before the first advert runs.Each quarter
Re-read and reallocate
Move budget to the markets that convert, then re-read the register when the next DLS quarter lands to see whether the district mix has shifted.
The September 2026 figures were in a DLS file dated 6 October 2026.Folio 08Questions14 questions · plain answers
What people ask about Cyprus property buyers.
Ask one we missed →01Who is buying property in Cyprus in 2026?
Mostly Cypriots, then non-EU buyers, then EU buyers. From January to September 2026, DLS registered 14,969 contracts of sale and counted 4,173 properties with contracts to non-EU buyers and 2,094 to EU buyers. Subtracting those properties from the contracts leaves roughly 8,702, or about 58%, for Cypriots. That last figure is approximate, because it takes properties away from contracts. Foreign buyers dominate only in Paphos.
02Does this show buyers by nationality?
No. The Department of Lands and Surveys publishes foreign buyers in two groups only, within the EU and outside the EU, and never by country. Nationality counts have appeared in the press from one-off replies to Parliament, but they are not a regular series, so this page does not use them. Your own enquiry records are the best source for nationality.
03What share of property buyers in Cyprus are foreigners?
Roughly 42% in January to September 2026, against about 40% in the same months of 2025. That is EU plus non-EU properties with contracts, divided by all contracts of sale. The two DLS counts are different units, properties and contracts, so the share is approximate, good to a few points.
04Where in Cyprus do foreign buyers buy most?
Limassol, Paphos and Larnaca. In January to September 2026, non-EU buyers took 1,314 properties under contract in Limassol, 1,308 in Paphos and 1,123 in Larnaca. EU buyers favour Paphos (809). Set against all contracts, Paphos has the highest approximate foreign share, about 71%, and Nicosia the lowest, about 16%.
05What is the difference between a contract of sale and a transfer?
A contract of sale is the signed sale agreement deposited at the District Lands Office, usually soon after signing. A transfer is the change of title into the buyer’s name. On new builds it can come years later, once title deeds exist. Contracts show current demand; transfers show sales completing. Never add the two together.
06Are British buyers counted as EU or non-EU?
Non-EU, now that the UK has left the EU. The Withdrawal Agreement took effect on 1 February 2020, with a transition to the end of 2020. DLS does not say from which month it moved British buyers into the non-EU column, so be careful when comparing 2019 with 2021.
07How is the number of Cypriot buyers worked out?
By subtraction: all registered contracts of sale, less properties with contracts to EU and non-EU buyers, for the same district and month. DLS does not publish a Cypriot figure. Because one contract can cover more than one property, the result is approximate, and in one district month since 2018 it falls below zero.
08Why does the data start in 2018?
Because DLS changed how it codes “alien” buyers in its Land Information System and advises against comparing data from 2018 onwards with earlier years. Earlier files exist back to 2008, but mixing them in would compare two different definitions.
09How often are Cyprus property sales figures updated?
DLS keeps one file per year and appears to update it as months are added. The file read for this edition runs to September 2026 and was created on 6 October 2026. This page is rebuilt each quarter from fresh copies of every file, and the edition date at the top says which one you are reading.
10Does the district show where the buyer lives?
No. The district is the District Lands Office where the property is registered. A buyer living in Nicosia who buys in Larnaca is counted in Larnaca. The data shows where foreign money lands, not where buyers come from within Cyprus or abroad.
11Is the Cyprus property market growing in 2026?
By contracts, yes. January to September 2026 saw 14,969 contracts of sale, up 13.6% on 13,173 a year earlier, and September 2026 was up 13.3% on September 2025. Non-EU properties under contract rose 19.7% and EU properties 21.2%. These are counts of deals, not prices.
12Why do news reports give a different foreign share?
Mostly because they cover different months or count differently. Some use transfers, some contracts, some a single month, some the year so far. This page computes every share from the DLS files with one stated method, so you can check it, and says which period each figure covers.
13Does this data include property prices?
No. The foreign-buyer and contracts files carry counts only. DLS publishes separate sales transfer statistics that we have not used on this page, so we do not describe them here. Nothing on this page tells you what foreign buyers paid.
14Can I use these figures in an article or a report?
Yes. Cite the Department of Lands and Surveys as the source of the counts and this page for the compiled series and the approximate Cypriot figure, with the edition date, and say that the Cypriot figure is approximate. The full monthly data sits in this page as plain JSON, readable without running anything.
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Folio 09Who built this toolClickhouse Media, Nicosia
Who built this tool
Clickhouse Media, Nicosia.
Clickhouse is a strategy-first marketing agency. Decisions before deliverables: we decide which buyers a development should be known to, and where they come from, before we build a single campaign. We measure the result in enquiries, buyers, revenue and margin, not likes.
Based inNicosia, Cyprus
Works withDevelopers, agents and investors in Cyprus and abroad
LanguagesEnglish and Greek
Websiteclickhouse.media
MethodDLS files parsed by script, every sum checked, rebuilt each quarter