Developer Price adjustments Follow New Openness Regulations
In anticipation of upcoming regulations focused on price transparency, Polish developers substantially adjusted their apartment pricing in August and September 2025. According to Jan Dziekoński from RynekPierwotny.pl, a full 25% of all available apartments saw price changes during this two-month period. September 2025 alone witnessed above-average revisions, impacting 13.8% of listings in Warsaw, 26.4% in Łódź, 20.4% in Kraków, and 18.3% in Gdańsk.
Despite the widespread changes, the overall effect on average prices was minimal, remaining at ”zero” or slightly negative. Dziekoński explained that these adjustments were primarily aimed at aligning prices with current market realities, rather than enacting broad increases or decreases. Specifically, overpriced apartments were reduced, while the lowest-priced options were increased.
JLL research following the third quarter of 2025 corroborated this trend, showing small price drops of 1-3% in moast major cities (with the exception of Poznań). This was attributed to a greater number of lower-priced apartments being offered, frequently enough located further from city centers and geared towards the increasing number of buyers utilizing mortgage loans. The data also suggests developers may have temporarily suspended sales of their most expensive properties or reintroduced pricing from previous promotions.
Despite these adjustments, sales volume increased. Analysis from RynekPierwotny.pl and JLL indicates developers sold over 10,800 apartments across Poland’s six largest housing markets in the third quarter of 2025 – a rise of several percent compared to the previous quarter.
This increase in sales is linked to decreasing mortgage interest rates, rising incomes, and stabilizing prices. potential buyers are reportedly becoming more confident in taking on loans, particularly with the confirmed absence of any new loan subsidy programs.
