By mid-2019, prices for the assets of private households in the Euro zone had risen by +1.6% in comparison to the previous mid-year figure. While asset prices rose massively in Greece, France had to struggle with deflation.

In 2018, asset prices fell in many countries of the Euro area. In contrast to the development in recent years, however, it is not the southern countries of the euro area that have experienced a price erosion, the northern countries have. Drastically ...

At the end of the first quarter of 2019, prices for assets held by German households had risen by 3.1% year-on-year. The decline in prices at the end of 2018 was offset by a recovery in spring 2019. Real estate prices rose most sharply year-on-year, ...