Malta recorded 1,217 final deeds of sale for residential property in October 2026, down 5.6% on the same month a year earlier, according to the National Statistics Office. That amounts to 72 fewer deeds than in October 2025, even as their combined value climbed to €415.4 million, a rise of 12.1% on the same month last year.

Promise of sale agreements moved in the opposite direction. The NSO registered 1,408 of these preliminary contracts during October, 56 more than a year earlier and an increase of 4.1%. Their total value came to €522.0 million, up 4.9% on October 2025.

Households drove most of the activity. Individual buyers were behind 1,081 of the final deeds, or 88.8%, with companies accounting for virtually all the rest. Deeds involving households were worth €307.2 million, equivalent to 74.0% of the total value. On the promise of sale side, individual potential buyers signed 1,262 agreements or 89.6%, with the remainder mainly involving companies.

San Pawl Il-Baħar logged the highest number of final deeds at 83, followed by Birkirkara with 63 and Il-Mosta with 47. The same locality also led on promise of sale agreements with 98, ahead of Ħaż-Żabbar on 57 and Il-Mellieħa on 55.

The 1,217 final deeds covered 1,337 individual properties, since a single deed can include more than one. Apartments were the most common type at 477, a 35.7% share, followed by garages at 305 or 22.8%. Penthouses, maisonettes, houses and plots of land made up the balance.

The figures are based on the date of registration with the Malta Tax and Customs Administration and cover transactions that are not limited to purchases by households. Across the third quarter of 2026, the NSO recorded 3,566 final deeds, with their value reaching €1,147.2 million over the same three months.