Market signal

Affordability Clock

How many years of gross salary it takes to buy the current median Cyprus property, with district pressure and an RPPI-backed history.

Salary basis

Measure price against earnings.

The clock uses CYSTAT gross earnings and anchors historical property prices to CBC RPPI.

€23,616

Salary

median gross, 2025

€416,656

National price

Live weighted asking median

17.6 yrs

Affordability

National price / salary

Limassol

Hardest district

22.4 years

Source

CYSTAT - Earnings of Employees (2026-05-22)

Affordability clock

17.6 years

The national live median asking price equals 17.6 years of median gross salary in 2025.

Years of salary

Lower is easier

20152025

District pressure

Limassol

16,752 listings · stretched

€530,000

22.4 yrs

Paphos

5,790 listings · stretched

€435,000

18.4 yrs

Famagusta

1,561 listings · hard

€350,000

14.8 yrs

Larnaca

6,870 listings · watch

€280,000

11.9 yrs

Nicosia

5,446 listings · watch

€240,000

10.2 yrs

Methodology

Current district medians come from live NoirEstates listings. The national historical path anchors the current weighted median asking price to the Central Bank of Cyprus RPPI national apartment/house average for each salary year.