House prices up by 1.3% in the euro area (2024)

Euro indicators 3 October 2024 Next release: 10 January 2025

Second quarter of 2024 compared with second quarter of 2023

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Up by 2.9% in the EU

Overview

In the second quarter of 2024, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, increased by 1.3% in the euro area and by 2.9% in the EU compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the first quarter of 2024, house prices fell by 0.3% in the euro area and rose by 1.5% in the EU. These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Compared with the first quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 1.8% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU in the second quarter of 2024.

House prices up by 1.3% in the euro area (1)

House price developments in the EU Member States

Among the Member States for which data are available, six showed an annual decrease in house prices in the second quarter of 2024, and twenty showed an annual increase. The largest falls were registered in Luxembourg (-8.3%), Finland (-4.8%) and France (-4.6%), while the highest increases were recorded in Poland (+17.7%), Bulgaria (+15.1%), Lithuania (+10.4%) and Croatia (+10.0%).

Compared with the previous quarter, prices decreased in two Member States, remained stable in one (Hungary) and increased in twenty-three Member States. The falls were registered in France and Belgium (both -0.2%), while the highest increases were recorded in Croatia (+4.3%), Portugal (+3.9%) and Spain (+3.6%).

Tables

Quarterly and annual changes in house prices

Change compared with the previous quarter, %

Change compared with the same quarter of the previous year, %

2023

2024

2023

2024

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Euro area

0.2

-0.8

0.0

1.8

-2.2

-1.2

-0.3

1.3

EU

0.7

-0.2

0.6

1.9

-1.2

0.2

1.5

2.9

Belgium

1.3

1.4

0.8

-0.2

1.0

2.8

3.2

3.4

Bulgaria

2.7

1.2

7.1

3.4

9.2

10.1

16.0

15.1

Czechia

0.3

0.3

0.9

2.6

-3.5

-1.0

1.2

4.2

Denmark

1.8

1.6

-2.5

3.0

-4.8

-0.9

1.3

3.9

Germany

-1.3

-2.0

-0.6

1.3

-10.2

-7.2

-5.1

-2.6

Estonia

-0.3

2.1

2.0

2.8

3.8

5.8

7.8

6.7

Ireland

1.5

2.9

2.3

1.4

1.4

3.1

6.3

8.4

Greece

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

Spain

2.5

-1.0

2.7

3.6

4.5

4.3

6.4

7.9

France

0.4

-2.7

-2.2

-0.2

-1.6

-3.6

-4.8

-4.6

Croatia

0.3

3.4

1.7

4.3

10.9

9.5

9.1

10.0

Italy

-0.1

0.0

-0.2

3.2

1.7

1.8

1.6

2.9

Cyprus

0.5

-0.6

1.4

1.2

0.6

1.6

1.1

2.5

Latvia

-1.1

-2.7

2.7

2.3

3.0

0.8

3.6

1.1

Lithuania

2.4

1.5

3.3

2.8

8.7

8.3

9.9

10.4

Luxembourg

-6.6

-2.2

-0.7

1.0

-13.9

-14.5

-11.2

-8.3

Hungary

0.4

1.7

7.5

0.0

3.7

7.3

10.9

9.8

Malta

1.5

1.6

1.9

1.8

5.7

6.7

6.7

7.0

Netherlands

1.1

1.7

2.0

2.6

-3.7

0.1

3.7

7.7

Austria

-0.2

-1.8

-1.2

2.5

-5.4

-3.0

-2.9

-0.7

Poland

4.5

4.8

4.3

2.9

9.3

13.0

18.0

17.7

Portugal

1.8

1.3

0.6

3.9

7.6

7.8

7.0

7.8

Romania

3.4

1.5

1.3

0.5

4.8

3.7

5.5

6.8

Slovenia

0.5

2.6

1.2

2.2

5.6

6.9

6.3

6.7

Slovakia

0.8

1.9

-1.7

3.0

-4.1

-1.4

-3.0

4.0

Finland

-2.9

-1.0

-1.3

0.3

-7.2

-4.8

-4.3

-4.8

Sweden

-0.4

-2.3

0.5

1.4

-4.2

-2.9

-1.6

-0.8

Iceland

-0.9

2.5

1.6

2.9

2.7

3.8

5.7

6.1

Norway

-2.2

-1.1

2.8

3.5

-0.5

2.1

1.8

3.0

Switzerland

0.2

1.1

-1.0

1.1

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.4

: not available

Source datasets: prc_hpi_q (compared with the previous quarter) and prc_hpi_q (compared with the same quarter of the previous year)

House prices up by 1.3% in the euro area (2)

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with Euro indicators release of 5 July 2024, revisions for the euro area and the EU are highlighted in bold in the table below:

Revisions

Q3 2023

Q4 2023

Q1 2024

Quarterly changes
(Q/Q-1) in %

Previous

Current

Previous

Current

Previous

Current

Euro area

0.2

0.2

-0.8

-0.8

-0.1

0.0

EU

0.7

0.7

-0.3

-0.2

0.4

0.6

Annual changes
(Q/Q-4) in %

Euro area

-2.2

-2.2

-1.2

-1.2

-0.4

-0.3

EU

-1.1

-1.2

0.2

0.2

1.3

1.5

House prices up by 1.3% in the euro area (3)

The next release with data (third quarter of 2024) is scheduled for 10 January 2025.

Methods and definitions

The House Price Index (HPI) measures the price changes of all residential properties purchased by households (flats, detached houses, terraced houses, etc.), both newly built and existing, independently of their final use and independently of their previous owners. The Member States’ HPIs are compiled by the National Statistical Institutes. The euro area and the EU aggregate HPIs are compiled by Eurostat. HPIs are computed as annually chained indices with weights being updated each year. The European HPI aggregates are currently calculated as weighted averages of the national HPIs using as weights the GDP at market prices (expressed in millions Purchasing Power Standards - PPS) of the countries concerned.

The figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Missing country data is estimated by Eurostat using data from non-harmonised sources. These estimates are not published but are used to calculate euro area and EU aggregates.

Geographical information

Euro area (EA20): Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

European Union (EU27): Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

For more information

  • Website section on Housing price statistics

  • Database section on Housing price statistics

  • News article on House prices and rents

  • Statistics Explained article on Housing price statistics

  • Statistics Explained article on Owner-occupied housing price statistics

  • Statistics Explained article on House sales statistics

  • Handbook on Residential Property Price Indices

  • Euro indicators dashboard

  • Release calendar for euro indicators

  • Statistics Code of Practice

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