EU Housing Market Surges: House Prices Up 5.7% in Q1 2025, Outpacing Rent Increases
Brussels, Belgium – The European Union housing market continues to demonstrate robust growth, with house prices rising by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to the latest data released today by Eurostat. Rent increases, while still present, lagged behind at 3.2%
Important Growth: House prices have increased by 57.9% and rents by 27.8% between 2010 and Q1 2025.
Recent Trends: A 1.4% increase in house prices and a 0.9% rise in rents were observed when comparing Q1 2025 to Q4 2024 Hungary (+260%) and Estonia (+238%) as 2010, with nine other EU countries experiencing more than a doubling of house prices. Italy is the outlier, with a 4% decrease in house prices over the same period code=prchpiq”>[[source]].
Looking Ahead:
The data suggests a continuing trend of investment in property across the EU, driven by factors such as low interest rates (until recently) and increasing disposable incomes. However,the variable pattern of house price increases – a surge between 2015 and 2022 followed by stabilization and a recent uptick – indicates a market sensitive to economic fluctuations. Further analysis can be found in the detailed code=prchpi_q”>[[source]].Data Sources: The analysis is based on data from Eurostat’s
