Average of the panel (2025)
7.6
percent, annual change
+2.5pp vs 2024
Highest
19.7
Hungary
Lowest
-3.0
Finland
Countries ranked
27
with a published figure

Data

House Price Growth in Europe by Country (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
# Country % annual change Change vs 2024
1 Hungary 19.7 +6.3pp
2 Portugal 18.9 +9.1pp
3 Bulgaria 16.4 +0.6pp
4 Croatia 14.3 +3.4pp
5 Spain 12.9 +4.9pp
6 Slovakia 12.8 +8.6pp
7 Lithuania 10.7 +1.1pp
8 Czechia 9.7 +4.7pp
9 Netherlands 8.6 -0.2pp
10 Latvia 8.5 +6pp
11 Ireland 8.3 -0.7pp
12 Cyprus 7.6 +0.5pp
13 Denmark 7.5 +4pp
14 Romania 6.9 +3.5pp
15 Malta 6.5 -0.6pp
16 Slovenia 5.8 -1.6pp
17 Norway 5.7 +2.7pp
18 Estonia 5.7 -0.9pp
19 Italy 4.8 +2.8pp
20 Poland 4.2 -9.2pp
21 Belgium 3.8 +1.2pp
22 Germany 3.3 +5.3pp
23 Austria 2.5 +4.1pp
24 Sweden 1.7 +0.4pp
25 Luxembourg 1.6 +7.6pp
26 France 0.6 +4.7pp
27 Finland -3 +0.3pp

About this Dataset

House prices rose 19.7% in Hungary in 2025 and fell 3.0% in Finland. The panel average of 7.6% is +2.5pp on 2024 — European housing markets have re-accelerated after the rate-driven pause of 2023.

Nominal growth is not real growth. Against inflation of roughly 2–3% in most of these countries, a nominal rise below that is a real decline, which puts more of this table in negative territory than the headline numbers suggest.

The fast end is concentrated in two groups: central and south-eastern Europe, where Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia lead on strong nominal wage growth against tight supply; and Iberia, where Portugal at 18.9% and Spain at 12.9% combine domestic demand with foreign buyers in the coastal and metropolitan markets. The large western European markets are subdued by comparison, at 0.6% in France, 3.3% in Germany and 1.7% in Sweden. All three had sharper corrections in 2023 and have recovered more slowly.

Every row is the figure published for 2025; no value is carried over from an adjacent year to fill a gap. Turkey has not published a 2025 figure and is left out rather than carried forward from an older year. The chart covers the same 27 countries in every year from 2011, so the line moves because the countries moved, not because the sample changed. The index covers purchases of new and existing dwellings by households and is quality-adjusted, so it is not the same as the average transaction price.

Country pages: Hungary · Portugal · Bulgaria · Croatia · Spain · Slovakia · Lithuania · Czechia · Netherlands · Latvia · Ireland · Cyprus · Denmark · Romania · Malta · Slovenia · Norway · Estonia · Italy · Poland · Belgium · Germany · Austria · Sweden · Luxembourg · France · Finland

Frequently Asked Questions

Hungary, at 19.7% in 2025, just ahead of Portugal, Bulgaria and Croatia. Central and eastern Europe and the Iberian peninsula dominate the top of the table, driven by a combination of strong nominal wage growth, constrained new supply and — in Portugal and Spain — sustained foreign demand.

Finland is the only country in this ranking with prices lower than a year earlier, at -3.0%. Finland's correction started earlier than most of Europe's and has run longer, reflecting a weak domestic economy and a higher share of variable-rate mortgages that transmitted the rate rises of 2022–23 into household budgets quickly.

Transaction prices for all residential dwellings purchased by households — new and existing, houses and flats — adjusted for changes in the quality and composition of what is sold. It excludes self-build and land. Because it is transaction-based, it moves with actual sales and lags asking-price indices; and because it is quality-adjusted, it is not the same as the average sale price reported by national estate agent bodies.