EU 97.13
· European ranking
24 / 27
No change compared with previous year
Italy: Home Price Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
85.80 Index, long-term average = 100
EU 97.13 · -11.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat House price to income ratio tipsho60
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More context on this indicator
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.