In the first quarter of 2026, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, increased by 4.7% in the euro area and by 5.1% in the EU compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the fourth quarter of 2025, house prices increased by 5.1% and 5.4% in the euro area and EU, respectively. These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union and were published on July 2nd.