House prices in the euro area and the EU rose by 4.3% in the second quarter of 2018 compared to the same quarter the year before, increasing by 1.4% quarter-on-quarter.

In Slovenia, house prices rose at an annual rate of 13.4% and at a quarterly rate of 4.2%.

High annual rates of growth were also recorded by Ireland (+12.6%), Portugal (+11.2%) and Hungary (+10.4%). The prices dropped the most in Sweden (-1.7%) and Italy (-0.2%).

Apart from Slovenia, above-average quarterly rates of growth were also seen in Malta (+3.2%) and Latvia and Romania (+3.1%). Prices dropped in Croatia (+0.2%).