The Palestine Monetary Authority published Residential Property Price Index results for the first quarter of 2026, indicating broadly stable residential property prices with a 0.19% increase from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 108.4 points. On an annual basis, the overall index rose by 1.2% compared with the first quarter of 2025. Within the headline index, the House Price Index increased by 0.81% quarter-on-quarter to 109.3 points, while the Apartment Price Index fell by 0.84% to 107.8 points. The release also reported that 62.4% of apartments offered for sale were newly built with an average area of 154 square meters, and that 67.8% featured a balcony, while houses offered for sale averaged about 232 square meters with 49.1% newly built. The PMA noted that pricing is affected not only by internal specifications but also by land prices, geographic location, and neighbourhood characteristics, and that the data exclude the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attack since October 2023.

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