Housing market data Q1/2025: Purchase price recovery in the stock?

The latest data from the empirica property price index for Q1/2025 is available. In the last quarter, asking 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 condominiums recently rose by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter (+2.2% year-on-year). The rate of increase for new detached/two-family houses was 0.5% (+1.3% year-on-year). Condominiums in the portfolio rose by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter (+0.5% year-on-year). Purchase prices for existing detached and semi-detached 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 empirica housing market index

All empirica housing market 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.