Iceland House Prices Soar 56%, and One of the Island’s Biggest Investors Says There’s More to Come

  • Central bank says lack of supply is likely to support prices
  • House prices fell by about a third after latest market crash

Residential property sits beside a frozen waterway in Reykjavik, Iceland

Photographer: Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg
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Iceland’s housing market has soared 56 percent since its 2009 crash.

But one of the island’s biggest investors says there’s more to come, and isn’t worried the price development might end in a bubble.