Sri Lanka Home Price Trends
Quarterly change in house prices, inflation-adjusted
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2025 | 6.72% | -2.50% | 8.14% | 8.79% |
| 2024 | 9.76% | -0.40% | 6.53% | -5.13% |
| 2023 | -5.14% | 5.50% | -1.99% | 0.61% |
| 2022 | -10.62% | -23.15% | -4.93% | 10.42% |
| 2021 | 2.01% | -6.61% | 21.86% | -5.86% |
| 2020 | 1.59% | -1.64% | 1.05% | 14.35% |
| 2019 | 5.64% | -1.02% | -3.69% | 1.77% |
| 2018 | 10.05% | -2.26% | 2.00% | 3.74% |
| 2017 | 12.67% | -1.28% | 14.09% | -6.92% |
| 2016 | -5.67% | 9.85% | -1.38% | -12.37% |
| 2015 | -1.08% | 0.05% | 1.24% | 9.33% |
| 2014 | 8.00% | -2.69% | 0.99% |
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.
Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.
Yearly change in house prices, nominal and inflation-adjusted
| Year | Inflation Adjusted | Nominal Change |
| 2025 | 22.42% | 25.01% |
| 2024 | 10.49% | 8.60% |
| 2023 | -1.31% | 2.64% |
| 2022 | -27.90% | 13.34% |
| 2021 | 9.28% | 22.53% |
| 2020 | 15.47% | 20.36% |
| 2019 | 2.49% | 7.41% |
| 2018 | 13.81% | 16.98% |
| 2017 | 18.11% | 26.53% |
| 2016 | -10.46% | -6.43% |
| 2015 | 9.54% | 14.55% |
This table shows how house prices have changed over each year. It compares the latest quarter or month of a given year with the same period the year before, so you can quickly see whether prices went up or down over that year.