EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office

07/04/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/04/2025 03:11

House sales up in 2024

In 2024, the number of housing transactions increased in 13 out of the 17 EU countries for which data are available, compared with 2023. This marked the first time since 2021 that the majority of reporting countries reported growth in annual sales.

The biggest increases in the number of transactions were recorded in Luxembourg (+47.1%), Hungary (+34.7%) and the Netherlands (+16.7%). By contrast, Slovenia (-17.7%), France (-9.1%) and Ireland (-2.8%) registered the largest decreases.

Source dataset: prc_hpi_hsna

The year before, in 2023, 13 out of 16 reporting countries registered decreases compared with 2022.

The largest decreases in the number of transactions in 2023 were observed in Luxembourg (-43.3%), Hungary (-31.4%) and Austria (-27.6%). By contrast, increases were registered in Cyprus (+31.0%), Poland (+6.7%) and Ireland (+0.6%).

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