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House prices during each mayor's tenure

Every mayor since 1991, ranked by how house prices changed from their first day in office, next to North Macedonia over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#MayorCityIn officeTotalvs North MacedoniaPer yearChart
1N Danela Arsovska Skopje 8 Nov 2021 – 6 Nov 2025 +82.3% Q3 2021 → Q3 2025— +16.2%/yr
2N Trifun Kostovski Skopje 10 Apr 2005 – 5 Apr 2009 +29.2% Q1 2005 → Q1 2009— +6.6%/yr
3 Petre Šilegov Skopje 25 Oct 2017 – 8 Nov 2021 +14.3% Q3 2017 → Q3 2021— +3.4%/yr
4VMRO-DPMNE Koce Trajanovski Skopje 5 Apr 2009 – 25 Oct 2017 −6.2% Q1 2009 → Q3 2017— −0.7%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); North Macedonia is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2010 = 100 · National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, residential property price index, new and used flats in Skopje (asking prices in real-estate agencies' notices, hedonic method), via the BIS's residential property prices (WS_SPP, Q.MK.N.628), not adjusted for inflation, from 2000; the country has no index of its own · city (flats in Skopje) data · as of Apr 2026.

Sources: State Statistical Office (MAKStat: wages, population by municipality, the labour force survey by region; national and regional accounts via Eurostat; labour force survey via ILOSTAT; consumer prices via the IMF; population via the World Bank), National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (house prices in Skopje, via the BIS), IMF (World Economic Outlook: government debt), World Bank (GDP before 2000), Eurostat, ILO (ILOSTAT), BIS, GISCO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; prime ministers checked against the official lists, mayors of Skopje against the municipal election results. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy