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House prices decelerated to 7.8% and the value of house sales diminished 15.2%
House Price Index
House prices decelerated to 7.8% and the value of house sales diminished 15.2% - 2nd Quarter 2020
22 September 2020

Summary

In the 2nd quarter of 2020, the House Price Index (HPI) presented a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, 2.5 percentage points (pp) less than the previous quarter. In the reference quarter, the prices of existing dwellings increased 8.2%, above that observed for new dwellings (6.0%).
When compared to the previous quarter, the HPI increased 0.8% (4.9% in the 1st quarter of 2020). In this period, the new dwellings price growth exceeded that of existing dwellings, 1.2% and 0.7% respectively.
Between April and June 2020, 33,398 dwellings were traded for a total amount of 5.1 billion euros, which represents a year on year reduction of 21.6% and 15.2%, respectively. By months, April was the one that registered the strongest decrease in transactions, 35.2% in number and 25.0% in value. In May and June, the rates of change were less negative, which stood at -22.0% and -7.6%, respectively, for the number of house sales, and -14.2% and -7.0%, by the same order, in value.

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