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House: in Slovenia strongest increase in prices in the EU

Indexes up also in Hungary and Latvia year-on-year

05 October, 16:28
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 05 OTT - Slovenia has registered the highest annual increase in the European Union in house prices in the second quarter of 2018, Eurostat said today.

According to the EU statistical office, prices in Slovenia went up by 13.4%, in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter of the previous year, much above the Eu average, at +4.3%.

Strong increases year-on-year were recorded also in Hungary (+10.4%), Latvia (8.7%), Bulgaria and the Czech Republic (both 7.5%), Estonia and Lithuania (both 7.4%) and Poland (6.2%).

Compared with the previous quarter, the highest increases in house prices were recorded in Slovenia (+4.2%), Malta (+3.2%), Latvia and Romania (both +3.1%), while the only decrease was observed in Croatia (-0.2%), Eurostat added. (ANSA).

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