Quarterly house price change (year on year)

The change in the house price index compared with the same quarter of the previous year, covering all residential property purchases by households.

Unit: % change on the same quarter a year earlier Frequency: Quarterly Coverage: 31 countries and 1 group Q1 2006 to Q2 2026 Source: Eurostat
Highest in Q2 2026 16.5% Portugal Lowest in Q2 2026 -2.7%p (provisional) Finland
European Union, Q2 2026 4.7% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for Q2 2026 29 Updated by the source on 1 October 2026

29 countries have a value for Q2 2026, the latest period in the data.

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% change on the same quarter a year earlier. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Quarterly house price change (year on year) (% change on the same quarter a year earlier), Q1 2017 to Q2 2026
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
Q2 2026 4.7% 0.6%p (provisional) -0.8%p (provisional) 12.1%
Q1 2026 5.1% 1.2%p (provisional) 0.0% 12.8%
Q4 2025 5.4% 2.6% 0.9% 12.9%
Q3 2025 5.5% 3.2% 0.7% 12.8%
Q2 2025 5.4% 3.3% 0.7% 12.8%
Q1 2025 5.8% 3.8% 0.5% 12.3%
Q4 2024 4.9% 1.9% -1.9% 11.3%
Q3 2024 4.0% -0.2% -3.5% 8.3%
Q2 2024 3.0% -2.5% -4.6% 7.9%
Q1 2024 1.5% -5.2% -4.8% 6.4%
Q4 2023 0.1% -7.6% -3.6% 4.3%
Q3 2023 -1.2% -10.2% -1.6% 4.5%
Q2 2023 -0.9% -9.4% 0.7% 3.7%
Q1 2023 0.9% -6.3% 2.9% 3.5%
Q4 2022 3.9% -2.5% 4.7% 5.5%
Q3 2022 7.6% 5.1% 6.4% 7.6%
Q2 2022 10.0% 10.2% 6.8% 8.1%
Q1 2022 10.7% 12.2% 7.0% 8.5%
Q4 2021 10.3% 12.7% 6.9% 6.3%
Q3 2021 9.5% 12.7% 7.2% 4.2%
Q2 2021 7.7% 11.5% 6.1% 3.3%
Q1 2021 6.2% 9.4% 5.6% 0.9%
Q4 2020 5.8% 8.7% 5.8% 1.7%
Q3 2020 5.4% 8.2% 4.9% 1.8%
Q2 2020 5.4% 6.6% 5.2% 2.2%
Q1 2020 5.8% 7.4% 4.9% 3.3%
Q4 2019 5.0% 6.5% 3.8% 3.7%
Q3 2019 4.8% 5.3% 3.4% 4.8%
Q2 2019 4.9% 5.9% 3.2% 5.4%
Q1 2019 4.7% 5.3% 2.9% 6.9%
Q4 2018 5.1% 6.3% 3.2% 6.7%
Q3 2018 5.0% 7.0% 2.8% 7.2%
Q2 2018 5.0% 6.6% 2.8% 6.8%
Q1 2018 5.0% 6.6% 2.9% 6.2%
Q4 2017 4.8% 6.2% 3.3% 7.2%
Q3 2017 4.8% 5.8% 3.2% 6.6%
Q2 2017 4.8% 5.9% 3.3% 5.6%
Q1 2017 4.8% 6.9% 2.8% 5.3%

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 29 countries with a value for Q2 2026, the highest is Portugal (16.5%) and the lowest Finland (-2.7%).
  • Half of the countries are above 6.3% and half below.
  • From Q1 2026 to Q2 2026 the value rose in 11 countries and fell in 18.
  • The figure for the European Union was 4.7% in Q2 2026, against 7.7% in Q2 2021 (−3.0 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
The change in the house price index compared with the same quarter of the previous year, covering all residential property purchases by households.
Population covered
Residential property purchases by households
Unit
% change on the same quarter a year earlier
Frequency
Quarterly
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
prc_hpi_q · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=Q purchase=TOTAL unit=RCH_A
Observation period
Q1 2006 to Q2 2026
Provider update
1 October 2026
Retrieved
13 November 2026
Published here
13 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in Q2 2026 Every value is for Q2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

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Grey: no value for Q2 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.