Kazakhstan housing prices in October: where prices rose and where they fell

In October, prices for apartments listed for sale on Kazakhstan's secondary housing market barely changed overall, according to the Krisha portal, but several cities saw notable shifts: the price per square meter rose 1.1% month-on-month in Astana and 1% in Aktobe, infohub.kz reports.

At the same time, analysts recorded price declines in eight cities. The sharpest drop was in Aktau, at 1.8% for the month. Housing also became cheaper in Almaty, down 0.1%, while Shymkent saw a slight increase of 0.3%.

It is important to note that these are not the prices recorded in purchase and sale contracts, but the prices Kazakhs list in their property sale advertisements.

Comparing October 2026 with October 2025, apartment prices rose in 16 of 18 cities. The strongest annual growth was recorded in Kokshetau, at 14.5%, followed by Astana at 14.4%, Karaganda at 10.3%, Pavlodar at 9.1% and Kostanay at 8.6%.

In Almaty, prices rose 3.5% over the year, while in Shymkent they were up just 2.1%. Housing became cheaper in Aktau and Atyrau, by 3.3% and 2.3% respectively.

At the end of October, the most expensive apartments were sold in Almaty, at 794,965 tenge per square meter. Astana followed at 618,253 tenge, then Shymkent at 473,868 tenge.

The most affordable housing was offered in Kyzylorda, where a square meter cost an average of 261,988 tenge.

As for the trend since the start of the year, the price per square meter in Astana has risen 8.1%, in Kokshetau 10.9%, in Pavlodar 7.9%, in Karaganda 6.3%, in Semey 6.9%, in Kostanay 5.6% and in Ust-Kamenogorsk 5.4%. Since the beginning of the year, prices have fallen 1.3% in Almaty, 1.1% in Shymkent, 7.0% in Aktau, 2.2% in Atyrau, 3.8% in Aktobe and 1.4% in Kyzylorda.

In terms of month-on-month dynamics, besides Astana and Aktobe, prices rose in Kokshetau (+0.9%), Kostanay (+0.8%), Pavlodar (+0.6%), Semey (+0.6%), Taldykorgan (+0.5%), Shymkent (+0.3%) and Taraz (+0.2%). Prices were unchanged in Karaganda over the month. Besides Aktau and Almaty, declines were recorded in Turkestan (-0.8%), Petropavlovsk (-0.6%), Oral (-0.5%), Atyrau (-0.3%), Kyzylorda (-0.2%) and Ust-Kamenogorsk (-0.1%).