EU real estate market: house prices +5.1%, rents +3% in the first quarter of 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, House prices for sale in the EU increased by 5.1%while rents grew 3% compared to the first quarter of 2025. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, home prices increased by 1.2% and rents by 0.7%. Eurostat reports this.

Between 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, house prices in the EU increased by 2.9% and rents by 1.8%. Regarding national data, comparing the first quarter of 2026 with the annual average of 2025, house prices increased more than rents in 19 EU countries for which data is available.

During this period, the largest increases in house prices were recorded in Portugal (+10.3%)Bulgaria (+9.4%) and Slovakia (+9.1%). France (-0.5%) and Finland (-1.8%) were the only countries where house prices fell.

Over the same period, rents increased in all EU countries, except Slovenia, where they decreased by 0.9%, and Finland, where they remained unchanged. Among other EU countries, the largest increase was recorded in Croatia (+21.9%)followed by Bulgaria (+6.4%) and Greece (+5%).

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