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]]> House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.2% in the euro area (EA19), by 4.7% in the EU27 and decreased by 3.7% in Cyprus, in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with the same period of the previous year, according to Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Compared with the third quarter of 2019, house prices rose by 0.7% in the euro area, 0.8% in the EU27 and decreased by -4.8% in Cyprus, in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Among the Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in house prices in the fourth quarter of 2019 were recorded in Luxembourg (+11.0%), Slovakia (+10.9%) and Croatia (10.0%), while prices only fell in Cyprus (-4.8%). Compared with the previous quarter, the highest increases were recorded in Malta (+3.5%), Estonia and Croatia (+2.9% each) and Poland (+2.8%), while the strongest decreases were observed in Cyprus (-3.7%), Denmark (-3.2%) and Hungary (-1.5%).

Eurostat says that house prices and rents in the EU27 have followed very different paths since 2007. While rents increased steadily throughout the period up to the fourth quarter of 2019, house prices have fluctuated significantly.

After an initial sharp decline following the financial crisis, house prices remained more or less stable between 2009 and 2014. Then there was a rapid rise in early 2015, since when house prices have increased at a much faster pace than rents.

Over the period 2007 until the fourth quarter of 2019, rents increased by 20.3% and house prices by 18.7%.

When comparing the fourth quarter of 2019 with 2007, house prices increased in 21 EU Member States and decreased in 6, with the highest rises in Austria (+88.4%), Luxembourg (+84.8%) and Sweden (+80.6%) and the largest decreases in Greece (-35.6%), Romania (-26.0%) and Ireland (-16.9%).

For rents, the pattern was different. When comparing the fourth quarter of 2019 with 2007, prices increased in 26 EU Member States and decreased in one, with the highest rises in Lithuania (+101.2%), Czechia (+79.3%) and Hungary (+70.8%) and the only decrease in Greece (-17.5%). In Cyprus house prices lost close to 17% and rents remained marginally stable.

Source: CNA

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]]> Economic sentiment deteriorates in March reflecting the initial impact of coronavirus pandemic https://www.lovecyprus.com.cy/economic-sentiment-deteriorates-in-march-reflecting-the-initial-impact-of-coronavirus-pandemic/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:47:02 +0000 https://www.lovecyprus.com.cy/?p=14486 Economic sentiment in Cyprus deteriorated markedly in March 2020, as the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI-CypERC) decreased by 12.1 points compared with February 2020, reflecting the initial impact of the coronavirus […]

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]]> Economic sentiment in Cyprus deteriorated markedly in March 2020, as the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI-CypERC) decreased by 12.1 points compared with February 2020, reflecting the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Cypriot economy.
 
According to a press release from the Economic Research Centre of the University of Cyprus, the decrease in ESI-CypERC resulted from a deterioration in business confidence in all sectors, particularly in services, as well as from a sharp weakening of consumer confidence.
 
The decrease in the Services Confidence Indicator was driven by firms’ less favourable views on their past business situation and large downward revisions in demand expectations.
 
The decrease in the Retail Trade Confidence Indicator resulted from downward revisions in sales expectations.
 
The Construction Confidence Indicator dropped due to firms’ less favourable assessments of the current levels of their order books and downward revisions in employment expectations.
 
 The Industry Confidence Indicator declined as a result of a deterioration in firms’ assessments of the current levels of their order books and stocks of finished products, as well as downward revisions in production expectations.
 
The Consumer Confidence Indicator declined as consumers’ expectations about their financial condition and the economic conditions in Cyprus deteriorated sharply, and consumers’ intentions to make major purchases weakened considerably.

Source: CNA

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