In the third quarter of 2015, the House Price Index (HPI) increased by 3.4% when compared to the same period of the previous year, 0.5 percentage points (p.p.) higher than in the previous quarter. On an annual basis, the prices of existing dwellings presented, for the fourth consecutive period, a variation (5.2%) that was higher than the one observed for new dwellings (0.6%).
When compared to the second quarter of the year, the HPI increased by 0.1% (3.7% in the previous period).
A total of 27,239 residential dwellings were purchased from July to September 2015, 33.2% more than in the same period of 2014.