The price of housing shoots up 8.5% in the first quarter, its highest rise in almost 15 years

The price of free housing rose 8.5% in the first quarter year-on-year, more than two points above the previous quarter and its biggest rise since the third quarter of 2007.

With the rebound in the first quarter, the price of free housing has already accumulated 32 quarters of year-on-year growth, according to the Housing Price Index (HPI) of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published today.By type of housing, and