The highest quarter-to-quarter increases in house prices in the second quarter were recorded in Slovenia (+4.2%) and Malta (3.2%), while the only decrease was observed in Croatia (-0.2%), the data showed.
In the EU, house prices grew 1.4% in the second quarter compared with the first.
Compared with the second quarter of 2017, house prices in Romania grew 4.7%, after annual growth of 6.6% in the first quarter.
The highest annual increases in house prices in the second quarter of 2018 were recorded in Slovenia (+13.4%), Ireland (+12.6%), Portugal (+11.2%) and Hungary (10.4%), while prices fell in Sweden (-1.7%) and Italy (-0.2%).
House prices grew an annual 4.3% in the European Union in the second quarter.