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Italy: House price to income ratio

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Italy Indicator: House price to income ratio Year: 2024

Country overview

Italy

Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio

Latest value

85.80 Index, long-term average = 100

European ranking

24 / 27

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

-11.3 puntos

Italy is 11.3 points below the European average.

EU: 97.13

Affected population

58.9M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 85.80 Index, long-term average = 100 Europe benchmark: 97.13 Index, long-term average = 100

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Indicator: House price to income ratio

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At a glance

Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Italy

In Italy, Price to income stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 85.8 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a large gap of 11.3 index points.

Recent trend

In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 91.19 in 2019 to 85.79 in 2024. The latest value changes little from 85.68 in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.

Reading within the topic

In Italy, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.