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Mauritius residential property prices continued their gradual ascent in the first quarter of 2026. The Residential Property Price Index (RPPI), compiled by Statistics Mauritius from transactions registered with the Registrar General Department, reached 240.9 against the 2019 baseline of 100. That represents a rise of 1.3 percent on the fourth quarter of 2025, when the index stood at 237.7.
Measured against the same period last year, the index is up 1.0 percent from 238.6 in the first quarter of 2025. The pace marks a cooling from the sharper gains recorded through 2024 and into 2025, a trend PropertyCloud first flagged when the RPPI hit a reported record high at the close of 2024.
A Steadier, More Even Market
The latest release points to more than a modest uptick. Statistics Mauritius notes that the composition of transactions has stayed largely stable, with standard properties continuing to account for the greater share of activity and higher end properties holding a comparatively lower representation. The dynamic is clear: prices are genuinely rising across both houses and apartments, not just because more expensive properties are changing hands. The index draws on domestic and foreign transactions across four regions, split between houses and apartments, before being aggregated into a single national figure.
The past year has also shown some volatility beneath the headline trend. The index peaked at 247.8 in the second quarter of 2025 before easing to 234.5 in the third quarter, then recovering through the final months of the year and into 2026.
Source : Statistics Mauritius
A Provisional but Telling Signal
Statistics Mauritius labels these figures as preliminary, meaning small revisions are possible once all property deeds from the quarter have been fully processed Even so, the direction of travel is unmistakable. Mauritius property values remain firmly above their 2019 starting point, and the market has settled into steadier, more measured growth after the sharper increases of previous years.
For buyers and investors, the message is one of resilience rather than acceleration. Mauritius property values have not retreated from their post pandemic gains, but the era of double digit annual jumps appears, for now, to be behind the market.
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