New building prices 2025: Styria is booming, Burgenland is declining!

New building prices 2025: Styria is booming, Burgenland is declining!

The market for new construction properties in Austria will show a very heterogeneous picture in 2025, and the latest figures speak for themselves. As Leadersnet reports, the average prices per square meter rose by a whopping 3.43 percent compared to the previous year. This means that in Austria, careful choice of location and timing are crucial when buying real estate - a topic that is particularly important to investors.

A closer look at regional developments reveals notable differences. While Styria is ahead with a price increase of 8.97 percent, Tyrol follows with 7.84 percent, followed by Burgenland with 6.24 percent. On the other hand, there are also some federal states that have recorded declines: Lower Austria (-8.87%), Carinthia (-3.48%) and Vorarlberg (-1.02%) are doing significantly worse. In the federal capital Vienna, prices are stagnating with a moderate increase of 3 percent, as well as in Upper Austria, also at 3 percent.

Retirement apartments on the rise

The increase in the retirement apartment segment is particularly interesting. Across Austria, the proportion of pension apartments rose from 17.69 percent to around 20 percent, which shows that this segment is becoming enormously important. Styria leads here with a remarkable share of 40.7 percent, followed by Tyrol, where there was an increase of 7 percent. At least in Vienna there remains a stable proportion of pension apartments (+0.32%), while in other federal states the declines in this area are sometimes drastic, such as in Burgenland (-13.53%).

As Immobilien-Investment underlines, the market revolves not only around prices, but also around transaction numbers. In 2025, the transaction volume for new buildings across Austria grew by around 10 percent, and the number of sales rose by an impressive 11.1 percent. The largest increases in transactions were recorded in Salzburg (+36.53%) and Vienna, where the number of transactions increased by around 33 percent.

While other federal states are stumbling

On the other hand, things look rather bleak for federal states such as Burgenland, Tyrol and Lower Austria. There are declines in transactions of up to 36.78 percent in Burgenland, which underlines the need for investors to adapt to selective market dynamics and efficiency. As experts point out, location selection and the right timing are crucial to being successful in the current market.

Overall, it can be said that the Austrian new property market offers both opportunities and challenges. The great interest in retirement apartments and the continued growth in the number of transactions show that there are definitely positive developments. However, taking a look at the native markets and regional conditions remains essential for anyone who wants to have a good handle on buying or selling real estate. Further information and analysis can also be found at Smart Build Systems.