Housing Price Index Q1/2025: Purchase prices recovering?

The latest data from the empirica housing price index for Q1/2025 is available. In the last quarter, advertised purchase prices for new builds rose slightly. There are now also signs of a slight increase in existing properties. Rents continued to rise, albeit at a slightly lower rate than last year.

Advertised purchase prices for newly built owner-occupied flats recently rose by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter (+2.2% year-on-year). The rate of increase for new one- and two-family houses was 0.5% (+1.3% year-on-year). Owner-occupied flats in the portfolio rose by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter (+0.5% year-on-year). Purchase prices for existing one- and two-family houses rose by 0.2% on the previous quarter (-0.7% on the previous year). The increase for new rental flats was 1.4% (+4.8% year-on-year) and for older rental flats 1.5% (+4.3% year-on-year).

Data basis Housing Price Index

All empirica housing price index data  can be obtained as individual data sets or via database access from empirica regio. Further figures can be found in the quarterly publication on the index.