What does House sales, annual rate of change measure?

House sales, annual rate of change (%). House sales - number and index, quarterly data: Quarterly; Annual rate of change; Total

Where does the House sales, annual rate of change data come from?

Eurostat, prc_hpi_hsnq (https://doi.org/10.2908/PRC_HPI_HSNQ)

quarterly frequency. RAC-EU checks Eurostat every day and adds new data and revisions.

Definition, official source, coverage and calculation method of House sales, annual rate of change. Country ranking →

Source: Eurostat (prc_hpi_hsnq), retrieved 2026-10-16 · View on Eurostat

Indicator	House sales, annual rate of change
Unit	%
Frequency	Quarterly
Access	Registered

Dataset	House sales - number and index, quarterly data (prc_hpi_hsnq)
Time frequency	Quarterly
Unit of measure	Annual rate of change
Purchases	Total
Permanent identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.2908/PRC_HPI_HSNQ
Eurostat explanatory notes	Explanatory texts (metadata)
Last dataset update at Eurostat	2026-10-01

Descriptive indicator: a higher or lower value is not better in itself; the ranking orders from highest to lowest.

Countries with data	19 ·
First period available	Q1 2007
Latest period published	Q2 2026
Ranking reference period	Q2 2026 Latest period for which at least 60% of the countries that publish the indicator have released data, so the ranking is not built on a few early countries.

Year-on-year change: difference from the same period a year earlier (in points for percentages, as a percentage (%) otherwise).
Rank: order among countries with data for the period; the EU27 and euro-area aggregates are not ranked. Ties share the same rank.
Trend: latest figure against the average of the previous periods (12 months, 8 quarters, 4 half-years or 5 years).
IPEF calculations on Eurostat data: changes, ranks and averages are computed among the countries with data for the period. The EU27 and euro-area aggregates are those published by Eurostat and are not ranked.