SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 21 apr-2021

April . 21 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 2/11 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt In the 4 th quarter of 2020, compared with the previous quarter: • The HPI went up by 2.1% (+0.5% in the 3 rd quarter); • The price increase was higher for new dwellings than for existing ones: 2.3% and 1.5% respectively. In the 4 th quarter of 2020, the number of dwellings transacted was 49.7 thousand (+1.0% compared with the 4 th quarter of 2019), amounting to EUR 7.5 billion (+8.7% compared with the 4 th quarter of 2019). Housing sales (No.) (4 th quarter 2020) Housing sales (value) (4 th quarter 2020) In 2020: • 171.800 dwellings were transacted (-5.3% compared to 2019, the first declining year-on-year rate of change recorded since 2012), of which 15.5% were new dwellings (14.7% in the previous year); • The value of the dwellings transacted amounted to EUR 26.2 billion (+2.4% compared to 2019), of which: » EUR 20.8 billion corresponded to sales of existing dwellings (an increase of 0.7% compared to 2019); » EUR 5.4 billion corresponded to new dwellings (9.3% more compared to 2019). Value of housing transactions (year-on-year rate of change) More information available at: House price index – 4 th quarter of 2020 (23 March 2021) 7.5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4Q2015 2Q2016 4Q2016 2Q2017 4Q2017 2Q2018 4Q2018 2Q2019 4Q2019 2Q2020 4Q2020 7,362 42,372 No. New dwellings Exis ti ng dwellings 1,474 6,060 New dwellings Exis ti ng dwellings €Million