Controls on house prices in the EU

3.9.2015

Question for written answer E-012485-15
to the Commission
Rule 130
Andrejs Mamikins (S&D)

According to the information published on the home page of the Commission, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), rose by 0.9% in the euro area and by 2.5% in the EU in the first quarter of 2015, compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

1. Does the Commission have mechanisms for controlling the rise in house prices in the EU?

2. As the Commission sees it, how are house prices in the EU expected to evolve in the coming years?