Number of house sales up 9% last year in Latvia

The number of transacted dwellings decreased in only 3 out of the 18 EU countries covered by the available data. Decreases were observed in Croatia (-4.1%), Bulgaria (-2.5%) and Poland (-1.1%). The largest increases were recorded in Slovenia (+29.9%), Lithuania (+22.8%) and Austria (+21.4%). The increase in Latvia was a fairly strong 9.2%, but data for Estonia were not available. In 2024, when compared with 2023, the number of transacted dwellings decreased in 6 countries and increased in 12 countries. The largest decreases in the number of transactions in 2024 were observed in Slovenia (-17.7%), Croatia (-13.9%) and France (-9.4%). The largest increases were registered in Luxembourg (+47.1%), Hungary (+34.8%) and the Netherlands (+17.0%).