Danish apartment sales hit record high in first half

The first half of the year saw a record 44.5 billion Danish kroner in owner-occupied apartment sales, according to Boligsiden. This figure marks the highest total for the first six months of any year in Boligsiden's statistics. While the nominal value is a record, when adjusted for inflation, the first half of 2021 still holds the top spot.

Birgit Daetz, communications director and housing economist at Boligsiden, noted that the surge in apartment prices in major cities over the past year explains the increased sales value. "The apartment prices have rocketed in the big cities in the past year, and therefore it is not surprising that we see an increase in the total amount that apartments have been sold for," she stated.

What is particularly noteworthy is that this new record value surpasses the level of the first half of 2021, even though fewer apartments were sold. In the first half of 2021, 12,931 owner-occupied apartments were sold, compared to 10,458 in the same period of 2026, a decrease of 19%. This indicates that the record revenue is driven by higher prices, not increased transaction volume.

Copenhagen remains the largest market for owner-occupied apartments in Denmark. In the first half of 2026, apartment sales in the capital reached 20.5 billion Danish kroner, a 2% increase from the previous year. Daetz attributed this to a significant rise in sales and prices in Copenhagen during 2025. In Aarhus, apartment sales totaled 5 billion Danish kroner in the first half of 2026, a 26% increase in purchase sum compared to the same period last year.