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What Cyprus property actually sold for, 2019–2026
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What Cyprus property actually sold for, 2019–2026

Listings show what a seller asks. The Land Registry shows what a buyer paid. We went through 70,828 registered sales in Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos to find out what property really changes hands for.

September 17, 2026 9 min readBy Lextrus Research
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