In 2025, the real estate market in Europe shows a clear trend of rising prices, especially in the housing and logistics sectors. According to Eurostat, these are the areas that remain a priority for business investment in most EU countries. Demand for real estate is growing, and with it the cost per square meter.

According to official statistics, in the fourth quarter of 2024, house prices in the eurozone increased by 4.2% year-on-year, and in all EU countries by 4.9%. This is a significant acceleration compared to the third quarter of the same year, when the annual growth was 2.7% in the eurozone and 3.9% in the entire European Union.

If we compare the indicators with the previous quarter, then in the period from October to December 2024, house prices increased by 0.6% in the eurozone and by 0.8% in EU countries. This indicates the stability of the positive dynamics and the continuation of investment interest in the real estate market.

Despite the general upward trend, not all EU countries demonstrated the same dynamics. Only two countries — France and Finland — recorded an annual decrease in house prices, which amounted to -1.9%. All other 24 EU countries for which data are available, on the contrary, showed positive growth.

The largest increase in apartment prices was recorded in Bulgaria, where they increased by an impressive 18.3% per year. They are followed by Hungary (+13.0%) and Portugal (+11.6%). Active growth in house prices is also observed in Spain, Ireland and Poland — countries where demand for real estate remains consistently high.

In a quarterly breakdown, the situation was somewhat more diverse. House prices fell in six member states, remained unchanged in Malta and Finland, but increased in 18 other countries. The largest quarterly declines were recorded in France, Cyprus (-1%) and Estonia (-0.7%). At the same time, the strongest growth was observed in Slovakia (+3.6%), Slovenia (+3.1%) and again in Portugal (+3%), where demand for housing remains high.