European Housing Market

Europe’s Housing Affordability Gap Widens, With Greece Among the Hardest Hit

Europe’s housing affordability gap widened over the past decade, with Greece among the countries where home prices pulled further ahead of incomes, according to new European Union figures. House prices rose faster than household income in 17 of the...

Greece Sees One of Europe’s Biggest Drops in Young Homeownership

Greece has recorded one of Europe’s largest declines in young homeownership, with the share of people in their 30s who own their main residence falling from 78% in the mid-1990s to 58% in the latest comparable data. The 20-percentage-point...