Name: European Union Housing Transactions
Creator: Eurostat
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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France stood at 231,775 Units in Q1 2026. That is −15.6% from Q4 2025 and +0.5% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2006 to Q1 2026. Source: Eurostat.

Latest: 231,775 Units; Q1 2026
vs previous period: −15.6%; Q4 2025
vs a year earlier: +0.5%

About this data

The quarterly number of residential properties purchased across 15 European countries since the first quarter of 2006 serves as a volume measure of the housing market, complementing the house price index. Prices and transaction volumes rarely turn at the same time, and volumes always react first; the market cools through a sharp drop in transactions before prices actually fall. The table separates new and existing homes, accompanied by an index (2025=100) to compare cyclical patterns among countries of vastly different sizes. Three data limitations must be noted: Eurostat does not calculate an aggregate average for the bloc because each country relies on its own real estate registry system; six Euro area countries do not participate in this statistic, including Germany and Italy, the two largest markets; and Spain, Luxembourg, Cyprus, and Malta publish only indices rather than absolute unit numbers. France has the longest time series, running continuously from 2006. Source: Eurostat.

Indicator	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023	Q1-2023
Total transactions11
France	231,775	274,690	271,869	246,284	230,569	250,512	254,112	221,720	193,894	235,614	259,349	263,389	256,836
Netherlands	61,075	75,295	68,450	63,709	57,813	68,663	60,872	54,219	49,238	56,739	50,827	47,832	43,777
Belgium	34,685	40,285	37,510	37,349	36,652	34,681	32,963	31,074	27,584	34,460	30,618	30,697	28,745
Ireland	9,176	15,206	13,638	11,776	9,887	14,846	12,904	11,407	9,606	14,409	13,212	11,929	10,601
Austria	12,249	15,382	13,669	13,306	12,002	12,795	11,427	11,683	8,890	10,854	9,834	10,155	9,708
Finland	14,375	18,233	18,661	18,493	16,302	17,438	17,766	16,731	13,831	18,968	17,727	16,982	13,457
Portugal	32,828	37,459	37,507	37,699	35,967	38,847	35,462	31,948	28,283	29,105	29,635	28,732	29,280
Bulgaria	16,227	20,245	27,205	25,131	19,916	26,125	24,921	24,438	19,360	26,544	23,275	22,245	17,816
Croatia	2,788	3,843	3,938	5,146	4,820	4,455	4,688	4,945	4,420	4,826	5,152	6,657	4,851
Lithuania	10,210	12,049	12,038	11,531	10,642	10,585	10,320	9,272	7,495	8,816	9,325	9,940	8,805
Slovenia	2,594	2,653	2,660	2,990	2,706	2,287	1,790	2,157	2,241	2,578	2,426	2,576	2,720
New dwellings10
France	18,583	18,336	16,664	18,885	17,488	20,135	17,553	19,745	17,420	18,841	17,181	23,368	23,577
Netherlands	5,126	8,068	5,868	6,297	6,339	8,735	6,725	6,277	4,797	6,221	3,879	3,332	3,340
Ireland	2,139	4,256	3,148	2,789	1,942	3,676	2,622	2,343	1,601	3,255	2,152	2,251	1,812
Austria	1,931	2,438	2,319	2,260	2,067	1,879	1,793	1,893	1,319	1,583	1,587	1,721	1,773
Finland	587	1,051	832	907	761	1,208	1,146	1,210	1,009	2,204	2,510	2,653	1,853
Portugal	6,497	7,573	7,313	7,270	7,288	7,788	7,461	6,476	5,794	5,959	6,706	5,974	6,174
Bulgaria	5,181	6,608	7,628	7,554	6,022	7,055	6,877	7,255	5,545	7,260	5,718	6,028	4,703
Croatia	833	1,155	1,200	1,259	1,698	1,224	1,350	1,268	1,259	1,311	1,359	1,500	1,273
Lithuania	1,894	2,337	1,911	1,821	1,490	1,803	1,655	1,506	1,255	1,923	1,757	2,247	2,164
Slovenia	82	70	145	209	251	105	137	174	348	276	127	190	246
Existing dwellings11
France	213,192	256,354	255,205	227,399	213,081	230,378	236,559	201,975	176,474	216,773	242,168	240,021	233,259
Netherlands	55,949	67,227	62,582	57,412	51,474	59,928	54,147	47,942	44,441	50,518	46,948	44,500	40,437
Belgium	34,685	40,285	37,510	37,349	36,652	34,681	32,963	31,074	27,584	34,460	30,618	30,697	28,745
Ireland	7,037	10,950	10,490	8,987	7,945	11,170	10,282	9,064	8,005	11,154	11,060	9,678	8,789
Austria	10,318	12,944	11,350	11,046	9,935	10,916	9,634	9,790	7,571	9,271	8,247	8,434	7,935
Finland	13,788	17,182	17,829	17,586	15,541	16,230	16,620	15,521	12,822	16,764	15,217	14,329	11,604
Portugal	26,331	29,886	30,194	30,429	28,679	31,059	28,001	25,472	22,489	23,146	22,929	22,758	23,106
Bulgaria	11,046	13,637	19,577	17,577	13,894	19,070	18,044	17,183	13,815	19,284	17,557	16,217	13,113
Croatia	1,955	2,688	2,738	3,887	3,122	3,231	3,338	3,677	3,161	3,515	3,793	5,157	3,578
Lithuania	8,316	9,712	10,127	9,710	9,152	8,782	8,665	7,766	6,240	6,893	7,568	7,693	6,641
Slovenia	2,512	2,583	2,515	2,781	2,455	2,182	1,653	1,983	1,893	2,302	2,299	2,386	2,474
Transaction volume Index (2025=100)15
France	90.59	107.36	106.26	96.26	90.12	97.91	99.32	86.66	75.78	92.09	101.37	102.95	100.38
Spain	91.96	105.02	91.52	104.08	99.37	103.38	89.16	101.51	85.46	87.35	75.78	90.47	83.92
Netherlands	92.1	113.54	103.22	96.07	87.18	103.54	91.79	81.76	74.25	85.56	76.64	72.13	66.01
Belgium	91.4	106.16	98.84	98.42	96.58	91.39	86.86	81.88	72.69	90.81	80.68	80.89	75.75
Ireland	72.67	120.43	108.01	93.26	78.3	117.58	102.2	90.34	76.08	114.11	104.64	94.47	83.96
Austria	90.13	113.19	100.58	97.91	88.32	94.15	84.09	85.97	65.42	79.87	72.36	74.73	71.44
Finland	80.21	101.73	104.12	103.18	90.96	97.3	99.13	93.35	77.17	105.83	98.91	94.75	75.09
Portugal	88.35	100.81	100.94	101.46	96.79	104.55	95.44	85.98	76.12	78.33	79.75	77.32	78.8
Bulgaria	70.17	87.55	117.65	108.68	86.13	112.98	107.77	105.68	83.72	114.79	100.65	96.2	77.04
Luxembourg	83.53	81.11	100.94	139.36	78.6	118.06	82.39	74.52	62.42	57.2	56.26	59.01	56.82
Croatia	62.84	86.62	88.76	115.99	108.64	100.41	105.66	111.46	99.62	108.77	116.12	150.04	109.34
Lithuania	88.28	104.19	104.09	99.71	92.02	91.53	89.23	80.17	64.81	76.23	80.63	85.95	76.13
Slovenia	94.25	96.39	96.65	108.64	98.32	83.1	65.04	78.37	81.42	93.67	88.15	93.6	98.83
Cyprus	101.6	109.84	100.6	100.11	89.44	99.02	99.9	96.96	89.29	103.75	93.29	107.99	84.5
Malta	94.4	109.57	100.13	95.01	95.29	97.6	92.93	97.37	94.79	98.05	88.83	99	95.86