site.btaBulgaria One of Only Three EU Member States to Record Decrease in House Sales in 2025

Bulgaria was one of only three European Union Member States to record a decrease in house sales in 2025, show Eurostat data published here on Monday. The number of transacted dwellings in the country decreased by 2.5% compared to the previous year. The other two Member States marking a drop were Croatia (-4.1%), and Poland (-1.1%).

Eurostat's 2025 data covers only 21 of the EU countries, with 18 reporting a rise in sales. The largest increases were recorded in Slovenia (+29.9%), Lithuania (+22.8%) and Austria (+21.4%).

In 2024, when compared with 2023, the number of transacted dwellings decreased in 6 countries and increased in 12 countries. The largest decreases in the number of transactions in 2024 were observed in Slovenia (-17.7%), Croatia (-13.9%) and France (-9.4%). The largest increases were registered in Luxembourg (+47.1%), Hungary (+34.8%) and the Netherlands (+17.0%).