Tag: property
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Property values rise despite fewer residential transactions in May
According to the latest NSO statistics, the value of residential property transactions continued increasing in May, even though fewer final deeds and promise-of-sale agreements were registered compared to the same month last year. The number of final deeds of sale relating to residential property amounted to 1,157 during May 2026, a decrease of 45 deeds,…
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Property sales keep increasing
According to the latest NSO statistics, Malta’s property market has no respite as latest data shows that property sales and the value of property sales have kept their upward trend. 1,130 final deeds of sale were registered in March, a 9.2% increase over the same month in 2025. The total value of these transactions reached…
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House prices go up by 6.1% in the last quarter of 2025 according to new Eurostat index
Malta has recorded a 6.1% increase in house prices in the last quarter of 2025, according to the latest House Price Index by Eurostat. The reading is the same provided by the NSO. The property price indicator has been updated along with the HICP updates. House prices in the EU increased by an average of…
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Prices and number of properties sold retain their increasing trend
According to the latest NSO figures Malta’s residential property remained hot February, with both the number of property transactions and the overall value of sales maintaining their upward trend. The number of final deeds of sale relating to residential property amounted to 1,095 during February 2026, an increase of 63 deeds when compared to those…
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Prime Minister Abela says government will go ahead with planning laws despite admitting that the property industry is not a major economic sector
In an interview given yesterday to journalist Yannick Pace, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the government will go ahead with its planning reforms which were described by NGOs as the most corrupt planning reform in history. In the same interview, when answering questions about the housing affordability crisis, the Prime Minister also said that…
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You have seen nothing yet
The Labour government doesn’t want to genuinely address the housing affordability crisis. The top=brass of the government and the party want to ensure to keep enriching themselves even further even if this means adding more fuel to Malta’s structural problems. Justice Minister Jonathan Attard is bragging that he went to a Shanghai property expo in…
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“There is no good stock available” – property agent
I was delighted to listen to a property agent speaking so frankly about the property market in Malta as he literally implied that there is no good property stock available for sale. He was making his point in an advertisement and said that despite his company having the best property database on the island, the…
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Roderick Galdes: how it started and how it’s going
Roderick Galdes’ case is an interesting one and is worth delving into in detail. One can easily compare his declaration of assets in a simple and similar manner we did with Robert Abela’s. This is the declaration of assets of Roderick Galdes in his first year as a Labour government junior minister. Residence in Qormi.…
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Rev. Carmelo Busuttil worked at the Curia’s property section before he was fired by Archbishop Charles Scicluna
Interesting update about Reverend Carmelo Busuttil, the parish priest who is building a large 14-apartment complex in Imqabba. Reverend Carmelo Busuttil worked at the Curia’s property section until he was fired by Archbishop Charles Scicluna. Generally, the Church resolves internal disputes secrtetly and without the involvement of the authorities, so we would never know from…
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More on Yorgen Fenech’s hidden wealth
Apart from having accounts in Dubai, where he regularly deposited millions of Euros, Yorgen Fenech claims to also have several properties in London. According to him, in a conversation he had with Ian Castaldi Paris, Yorgen Fenech invests his “extra” capital into London real estate. Later on, after these chats were initially revealed, Ian Castaldi…
