Commercial real estate prices are projected to rise by 5.1% in 2025

Office and retail prices in Athens saw the sharpest increase. Rent increases were limited. How prices trended in the second half of the year. Data from the Bank of Greece.

Commercial real estate prices are projected to rise by 5.1% in 2025

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According to preliminary data from the Bank of Greece, in 2025, prices for high-end office space (in nominal terms) rose by an average of 5.1% compared to the previous year for the country as a whole, a rate unchanged from 2024. By geographic region, in 2025, prices for high-end office space recorded an average annual increase of 7.0% in Athens, 4.2% in Thessaloniki, and 2.5% in the rest of Greece.

In the second half of 2025, prices for high-quality office space across the country rose by 4.5% compared to the first half of 2025 (provisional data). Based on the revised data, in the second half of 2024, prices for high-quality office space rose by 4.4% compared to the previous six months, while in the first half of 2025 they rose by 0.6%. By geographic region, in the second half of 2025, prices for high-end office space rose by 6.1% in the greater Athens area and by 3.3% in the rest of Greece, while they decreased marginally by 0.4% in Thessaloniki compared to the first half of 2025.

For the full year 2025, office rents across all categories, in nominal terms, for the country as a whole, increased by 0.8% (preliminary data). By geographic region, the rate of change in office rents was 5.5% for Athens, -1.2% for Thessaloniki, and -2.1% for the rest of Greece.

In the second half of 2025, office rents for the country as a whole recorded a 1.0% increase compared to the first half of 2025 (provisional data). The corresponding rates of change in rents were 0.7% in the second half of 2024 and 0.9% in the first half of 2025 (revised data).

2. Store indices

Based on available preliminary data, in 2025, prices for high-end retail properties (in nominal terms) across the country rose by an average of 4.8% compared to the previous year, compared to an 8.8% increase in 2024. By geographic region, the corresponding average annual rate of price growth was 5.3% for Athens, 2.7% for Thessaloniki, and 4.4% for the rest of Greece.

In the second half of 2025, prices for high-end retail spaces across the country increased by 3.9% compared to the previous six months (provisional data). The corresponding rates of change were 4.0% in the second half of 2024 and 0.8% in the first half of 2025 (revised data). By geographic region, in the second half of 2025, prices for high-end retail properties rose by 5.4% in the greater Athens area, 0.9% in Thessaloniki, and 2.0% in the rest of Greece, compared to the first half of 2025.

For the whole of 2025, rents for retail properties of all categories in nominal terms, for the country as a whole, recorded an average annual increase of 3.6% (provisional data). By geographic region, the corresponding average annual growth rate of rents was 5.7% for Athens, 2.7% for Thessaloniki, and 0.5% for the rest of Greece.

In the second half of 2025, retail rents increased by 2.6% compared to the first half of 2025 for the country as a whole (provisional data). The corresponding rates of rent growth were 2.2% in the second half of 2024 and 1.1% in the first half of 2025 (revised data).

 

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