Austria residential construction prices rise 4.6% in the third quarter of 2026

Austrian home construction prices rose 4.6% on the year, the slowest of all construction segments, while road and civil works climbed faster.

The facts

+4.6%: the residential buildings construction price index stood at 104.7 points in the third quarter of 2026, 4.6% above a year earlier and 1.0% above the second quarter. The index base is 2025 = 100.0.
Across all construction the index reached 106.0 points, up 5.8% on the year and 1.0% on the quarter. The annual rate has climbed through 2026: 2.2% in the first quarter, 4.9% in the second and 5.8% in the third.
Civil engineering is rising faster than building work, at 107.9 points and 7.8% on the year against 104.7 points and 4.6% for building construction. Road construction leads at 108.8 points and 8.7%, followed by bridge construction at 107.7 points and 7.5% and other civil engineering at 107.2 points and 7.1%.
The residential rate also accelerated during the year: 2.1% in the first quarter of 2026 at 101.5 points, 3.6% in the second at 103.7 points and 4.6% in the third at 104.7 points. Civil engineering ran at 2.5%, 7.0% and 7.8% over the same three quarters.
Other building construction rose 4.6% on the year and 0.9% on the quarter. Statistics Austria defines the measure as the actual prices clients have to pay construction companies for the construction services concerned, covering services provided and purchased in Austria.

Home building costs 4.6% more than a year ago, but it is the slowest segment: civil works are up 7.8%.
Entry pricing is the first channel for anyone buying new. Glopra's Austrian snapshot shows an average of USD 7,242.7 per square metre and a 13.9% rise over five years, and these figures describe the cost side of that market rather than the sale price.
For an owner already holding Austrian property the figure reads as replacement cost. Putting up the same building now costs 4.6% more than a year ago and the civil works around it 7.8% more, while Glopra puts tax on Austrian rental income at 21.17% and transaction costs at 10.1%.

The fourth quarter index is the next reading on whether the residential rate keeps climbing after 2.1%, 3.6% and 4.6% through 2026. The release gives no publication date for it.
Limits stated by the source: the index measures construction service prices on a 2025 = 100.0 base; the release gives no figures for the sale prices of finished dwellings; it names materials and wages as cost factors without putting numbers on them; and it contains no forecast.

Sources: Statistics Austria https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/announcement/2026/11/20261110Baupreisindex2026Q3EN.pdf