New figures from Boligsiden show that Danish house prices have risen in almost every municipality over the past year, with an average increase of nearly 10 percent.
House prices have climbed across most of Denmark since July 2025, DR reported on August 13, 2026. The broadcaster based its report on new market figures from the housing portal Boligsiden, covering sale prices for detached houses and terraced homes.
According to Nordea housing economist Lise Nytoft Bergman, the average rise of close to 10 percent is among the largest annual increases recorded in Boligsiden’s market index. The index has been running for 16 years. Per Bergman, the areas around the capital are driving the market, but the strength is now broad enough to describe as a nationwide upswing.
DR’s summary of the data shows that sale prices per square meter fell in only eight municipalities. Those were Favrskov, Norddjurs, Struer, Viborg, Morsø, Thisted, Vesthimmerlands and Guldborgsund. Sales figures were still missing for four of Denmark’s 98 municipalities, so the national picture is incomplete.
The largest percentage increases were concentrated in southern and western Jutland. DR names Billund, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen and Vejle among the municipalities with the biggest gains since last year.
Regional differences
In an analysis cited by DR, senior economist Svend Greniman Andersen noted that prices for single-family houses are rising in large parts of the country. As stated by Andersen, prices dipped slightly in East Jutland, which had otherwise been one of the strongest markets outside Copenhagen.
Andersen added that prices rose clearly in both southern and western Jutland and on Funen. He also pointed to continued increases on eastern, western and southern Zealand, as well as in the municipalities surrounding Copenhagen.
The apartment market in Copenhagen showed a different pattern. Boligsiden’s figures show a rise of just 0.3 percent from June to July 2026. Even with prices flat month on month, the average price per square meter in July was still more than 21 percent higher than in July 2025.
Bergman links that development to movement in the wider market. According to her, the recent rise in apartment prices may have pushed potential buyers to look further away from the big cities. She said Danish buyers always compare what they have to pay with what they get for the money.
As noted by Bergman, that comparison can point toward a house in the suburbs with a garden for the children. She said the balance is now favorable enough that more buyers are looking further out.
DR’s report follows the latest monthly update from Boligsiden, which compares current prices with July 2025 and tracks the move from June to July 2026. The figures are published as part of the portal’s regular market index.
Readers tracking housing costs can compare the numbers with a mortgage calculator and broader cost of living in Denmark data.
