Czech Real Estate News — Housing Prices, Rent, Mortgages

Thousands of investment apartments in Czechia are being bought but never lived in, and this is driving up housing prices. That was the claim made this week in the Chamber of Deputies by Jiří Mazánek, head of the anti-mafia unit, who describ

Czech developers intend to keep raising apartment prices, even though housing in Czechia is already among the least affordable in Europe. According to the new Deloitte Property Index, a new 70-square-metre apartment can now be bought for 16

By mid-2026, a record 23,300 flats were under construction in Prague. According to the consultancy iO Partners, the number rose by 43 percent over the year and by more than 12,000 compared with the first half of 2024. At the same time, buye

Nearly nine in ten Czech parents believe young people cannot afford to buy their own home without family help. That is the finding of a September Ipsos survey for Broker Consulting, which questioned 611 parents of children aged 18 to 40.Som

Czech Finance Minister Schillerová proposes raising the tax deduction limit on mortgage interest by 50,000 crowns for people under 36. Economists believe this will not make housing broadly more affordable.“I want the proposal to be adopted

The Spanish government tried to solve the housing crisis with tough decrees on rental housing, but parliament rejected them, and the country now faces early elections at the end of November. In Czechia, the author of a business column argue

The average mortgage rate offered in Czechia reached 5.79% per annum in early October — up 0.28 percentage points from a month earlier and the highest level since January 2024. That is according to the Swiss Life Hypoindex, which tracks the

The Czech Ministry of Regional Development has sent municipalities and other authorities a draft amendment for comment that would give cities the right to decide for themselves whether to limit short-term rentals to tourists — for example,

Rumours that Russian authorities might announce a new wave of mobilisation after the September elections have been circulating across the country since summer. President Vladimir Putin called them “nonsense” and said there was no need to ca

Czechia has come in 23rd out of 27 EU countries for housing affordability — the fifth-worst result in the bloc. That's according to the 2025 Prosperity and Financial Health Index, whose experts, together with the Šance pro budovy alliance,

The Association of Real Estate Companies of the Czech Republic has filed a complaint with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority, demanding an investigation into Bezrealitky over allegations that the service is misleading its customers. The c

The Prague 6 municipal district has obtained a building permit for a new residential complex with rental flats and a kindergarten in the Ruzyně area, the district town hall has announced. The project involves forty-one apartments: twenty st