Brussels, April 7, 2026 (Lusa) - House prices in Portugal almost tripled between 2015 and 2025, rising 180% in 10 years. Eurostat, the European Union's (EU) statistical office, released data on Tuesday showing this as the second-highest increase in the EU.

Eurostat figures comparing 2015 with the fourth quarter of 2025 show Portugal's house prices rose 180%.

Hungary surpassed this rise, where prices more than tripled (+290%), followed by Lithuania (+168%) and Bulgaria (+157%).

Finland was the only country where house prices fell (-3%).

Rents rose in all 27 EU nations between 2015 and 2025. Hungary saw the highest increase (+109%), followed by Lithuania (+88%), and Ireland and Poland (+76%).

Eurostat added that house prices in the EU rose 64.9% and rents increased 21.8% between 2015 and the third quarter of 2025.

EU house prices rose 5.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, while rents increased 3.2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.

House prices rose 0.8%, and rents went up 0.6% in the last three months of 2025 compared to the third quarter.

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