House prices and rents continued to rise in Q1 2026: 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.
In 2025, 8.9% of employed people in the EU usually worked from home: highest shares in Finland (20.9%) and Ireland (19.8%), lowest shares in Romania (1.3%) and Bulgaria (1.4%)
Residential buildings construction price +48% since 2015: At country level, prices rose the most quickly during the past decade in Bulgaria (+166.1%), Hungary (+155.4%) and Romania (+130.7%). The slowest rises were recorded in Italy (+17.0%), Greece (+17.3%) and Finland (+22.1%).
The highest price levels for household consumption were recorded in Denmark (140% of the EU average), Ireland (136%) and Luxembourg (132%). Meanwhile, the lowest levels were observed in Bulgaria (63%), Romania (65%) and Poland (73%).
In 2025, actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS) varied from 73% to 145% of the EU average across the 27 EU countries.