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🇲🇹Malta mortgage rates

The average interest rate on new mortgages in Malta was 1.91% in August 2026. It fell from 1.94% the previous month. A year earlier it was 1.88%. Over the period shown it has ranged from 1.56% to 5.30%. That is 1.69 percentage points below the euro-area average of 3.60% — the 21st of 21 member states that report it.

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Malta mortgage rate, last 10 years
Source: ECB (MIR) · data through August 2026 · updated 2026-10-05 · modifications: none

What this rate is

  • The average interest rate that banks in Malta agreed with households on new loans for house purchase in August 2026, weighted by loan volume across all initial rate fixation periods, from floating to fixed for over ten years.
  • It includes renegotiated loans and excludes fees and other charges.
  • The ECB publishes it on the 23rd working day after the month ends.
  • It is not a rate you can be offered today, not a 10-year fixed rate and not what existing borrowers pay.
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Mortgage rates and the ECB

In August 2026 the ECB deposit facility rate was 2.25%; the average rate on new mortgages was 0.34 percentage points below it. The 10-year government bond yield for Malta was 3.90% in the same month.

The ECB has since set the deposit facility rate at 2.50%, effective 16 September 2026; this figure does not yet reflect that change.

From its low of 1.56% (January 2022) to its peak of 2.32% (February 2023), the average rate on new mortgages in Malta rose 0.76 percentage points. Over the same cycle the ECB raised its deposit facility rate from -0.50% to 4.00% (July 2022 to September 2023).

The ECB does not set mortgage rates: banks do. The ECB collects these statistics to track how its policy reaches borrowers.

In August 2026, 33.0% of new mortgage lending in Malta was at a floating rate or fixed for up to one year; the rest was fixed for longer. Euro-area average: 16.6%. Lending here is split between variable and fixed rates.

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Malta mortgage rate — frequently asked questions

What is the average mortgage rate in Malta?
1.91% in August 2026: the average rate banks agreed with households on new home loans, across all fixation periods.
Is this the mortgage rate I would be offered today?
No. It is an average of rates already agreed in August 2026, published about five weeks after that month ended. Offers depend on the bank, the fixation period and the borrower, and advertised rates can differ from agreed ones.
Are mortgage rates in Malta rising or falling?
It fell from 1.94% to 1.91% in the latest reading (August 2026). A year earlier it was 1.88%.
Are mortgages in Malta mostly fixed or variable?
In August 2026, 33.0% of new mortgage lending in Malta was at a floating rate or fixed for up to one year; the rest was fixed for longer. Euro-area average: 16.6%. Lending here is split between variable and fixed rates.
How do ECB interest rate decisions affect mortgage rates in Malta?
From its low of 1.56% (January 2022) to its peak of 2.32% (February 2023), the average rate on new mortgages in Malta rose 0.76 percentage points. Over the same cycle the ECB raised its deposit facility rate from -0.50% to 4.00% (July 2022 to September 2023). In August 2026 the ECB deposit facility rate was 2.25%; the average rate on new mortgages was 0.34 percentage points below it. The ECB has since set the deposit facility rate at 2.50%, effective 16 September 2026; this figure does not yet reflect that change.
How do mortgage rates in Malta compare with the euro area?
It is the 21st-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 3.60%.

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