Compared to July 2025, the price index of existing purchase homes in August 2025 rose by 0.5 percent. The prices of existing purchase homes peaked in July 2022. After that, the trend reversed and the price index fell for a while. However, since June 2023, the trend has been rising again. In August, prices were on average 14.0 percent higher than at the previous peak in July 2022.
The Cadastre announced that in August it registered 19 459 housing transactions. This is nearly 9 percent more than a year earlier. In the first eight months of 2025, 149 534 homes were sold, 16 percent more than a year earlier.
In August, the average transaction price for an existing purchase home was 486 190 euros. Note: For determining price developments of existing purchase homes, the transaction price is not used, but the price index is used. In calculating the price index, quality differences between purchase homes are taken into account. The average transaction price does not include quality correction.
Price information by region and housing type is published by CBS once a quarter. The next quarterly results will be available on October 22.
