> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations/src-house-price-index-in-europe-2015-2019-eurostat.md). # SET & VIZ: House Price Index in Europe (2015-2019, Eurostat) * Eurostat is a great stop for comparable aggregated data about housing in Europe. * One of the main indexes it maintains is the **House Price Index 2015-2019**, in which 2015 is equals 100. * The data here refers to the **price paid when buying a new home or one that was already being used, and the index reflects the changes in the annual average price per country**. * Looking at the data, we learnt that the countries where the cost of buying a home increased the most proportionally between 2015 and 2019 are **Hungary (from 100 to 167.58), Iceland (148.30) and the Czech Republic (141.90)**. The one country where the prices have actually decreased is I**taly: from 100 to 98.50**. * And the average for the **EU-27 is from 100 to 120.14**. * See the table, play with some basic visualisations and download the raw data here: * And see here another version that includes data from 2010 (still with 2015 as "100"):