Dwelling prices in Latvia and Lithuania have risen faster than in Estonia

Hendrik Pungar, data scientist at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with Estonia, dwelling prices have grown faster in Lithuania for more than three years and in Latvia for nearly two years. “In Lithuania, the year-on-year increase in prices has been higher than in Estonia in every quarter since the beginning of 2023. In Latvia, the rise in dwelling prices was still slower than in Estonia in the middle of 2024, but since the end of 2024 prices in Latvia have risen faster than in Estonia in each quarter,” noted Pungar. 

In the second quarter of 2026, dwelling prices in Sweden were up by 4.8% year on year and by 1.9% compared with the first quarter of this year. Dwelling prices in Finland were down by 2.7% year on year but grew by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter. “In Finland, there has been a year-on-year decrease in dwelling prices in every quarter since the end of 2022,” said Pungar.

In the EU, dwelling prices in Portugal grew the most year on year

In the second quarter of 2026, dwelling prices in the European Union (EU) were up by 4.7% year on year on average. The biggest rise in dwelling prices was recorded in Portugal (16.5%), Bulgaria (15.5%) and Lithuania (14.3%). Based on the price increase, Estonia ranked 17th among the 26 EU countries (the Q2 2026 data for Greece are not available). Year on year, dwelling prices were down in Finland (2.7%), Luxembourg (2.2%) and France (0.8%).

Compared with the first quarter, dwelling prices in the EU increased by 1.2% on average. Prices grew the most in Lithuania (5%), Bulgaria (4.5%) and Romania (4.4%). Estonia ranked 6th among the 26 EU countries. Quarter on quarter, dwelling prices were down in Hungary (1.4%) and France (0.8%).

Data as at 1 October 2026 are published. 

The house price index (HPI) shows the price changes of residential properties purchased by households.

See also the prices section on our website. More detailed data have been published in the Eurostat database.

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Annaliisa Köss
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