Statistics Jersey has today published the House Price Index for the third quarter of 2026.
The Jersey House Price Index was essentially unchanged compared with the third quarter of 2025. House prices remained below their recent peak, with the Index 13% lower than in Q3 2022.
270 properties were included in the House Price Index in Q3 2026. This was 6% fewer than in the same quarter of 2025 and 4% fewer than in Q2 2026.
The report also provides further information on activity in Jersey’s housing and rental markets. In the third quarter:
- first-time buyers accounted for 17% of property purchases, compared with 16% in Q2 2026; this remained below the 25% average recorded since Q1 2024
- 37 previously rented properties were sold, while 27 properties were purchased as private rental properties, resulting in a net reduction of 10 private rental properties
- overall housing market activity, measured on a rolling four-quarter basis, was 2% lower than the previous quarter but 8% higher than a year earlier
- advertised private sector rental prices, on a rolling four-quarter basis, were 1% higher than both the previous quarter and a year earlier
The full House Price Index: Third Quarter 2026 report provides further analysis of property prices, turnover, first-time buyers, private rental properties, housing market activity, advertised rents and loan-to-value ratios.