Italy housing prices slump

(ANSA) - Brussels, July 9 - Italian housing prices slumped 3.3% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period of 2014, according to the latest data released by Eurostat.
    The only eurozone country that fared worse than Italy was Latvia, while prices for residential dwellings in the eurozone grew on average 0.9% on a yearly basis and 0.3% quarterly.
    In the EU the rise was of 2.5% ( on a quarterly basis).