Romania is among the few member states where residential prices have grown at rates below the EU average of around 58%, between Q1 2010 and Q1 2025, according to Eurostat.
Romania's housing price index for Q1 2025 stands at 135.31, which means that housing prices were up by around 35% since 2010.
Meanwhile, Italy saw prices rise by 4%, and in Cyprus they gained 1%. Finland's housing market also grew more slowly by 6%. Additionally, both Spain and France exhibited more modest growth, with their price growth rates at 28% and 27%, respectively.
Over the same period, house prices more than tripled in Hungary (+260%) and Estonia (+238%) and doubled or more than doubled in 9 EU countries: Lithuania (+194%), Latvia (+154%), Czechia (+147%), Portugal (+130%), Bulgaria (+125%), Austria (+113%), Luxembourg and Poland (both +102%) and Slovakia (+100%).
