Statistics issued today by the National Statistics Office (NSO) confirm that property prices in Malta continue to increase month after month, the Nationmalist Party said Tuesday.

In the last three months of 2025, the Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) - which includes houses, apartments and maisonettes - registered an increase of 6.1% compared to the last quarter of 2024. An increase was also recorded when comparing the final quarter of last year (October-December) with the preceding three months (July-September).

The largest increase in prices was recorded in the apartments index, which rose by 6.2%, followed by maisonettes, which registered an increase of 5.3%, the PN said.

While these NSO statistics show the increases in property prices in Malta, figures published today by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency, compare these prices with those across the rest of the European Union and the euro area.

These figures show that the increase in property prices in Malta was higher than the average increase recorded both across the EU and within the euro area.

Across the European Union, property prices in the final quarter of last year increased by 5.5%, while in the euro area the increase stood at 5.1% - in both cases lower than the increase recorded in Malta (as shown in the table below).

There were even some Member States where prices declined or remained stable, including Cyprus, France, Finland and Estonia. Meanwhile, among the countries that registered increases lower than those recorded in Malta were Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden and Luxembourg.

                 Increase in property prices during the period October-December 2025

       Compared with                            Compared with
         October-December 2024          July-September 2025

Malta                                     +6.1%                                                +1.3%
EU                                           +5.5%                                                +0.8%
Euro area                              +5.1%                                                +0.6%

Persistently rising property prices continue to exacerbate the affordability crisis, particularly for those seeking to become homeowners for the first time, the PN said. While the prices of apartments and maisonettes continue to increase, wages in Malta are not rising at the same rate, making it increasingly difficult for young people, new families and first-time buyers to purchase their own property.

These increases must also be viewed in the context of the rising cost of living, and the fact that wages in Malta remain low while the prices of essential goods continue to rise, including rents, which many are being forced to resort since they cannot afford to buy.