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Lisbon, Portugal. In some EU countries, house prices more than doubled between 2010 and 2023 (Photo: Unsplash)

House prices squeezing EU citizens, MEPs warn

House prices, mortgages, and rents are strangling citizens across Europe and depriving 895,000 people of access to housing, MEPs warned during a debate in Strasbourg on Wednesday(4 October).

In some EU countries, house prices more than doubled between 2010 and the second quarter of 2023, while rents rose by 21 percent, according to new

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

Lisbon, Portugal. In some EU countries, house prices more than doubled between 2010 and 2023 (Photo: Unsplash)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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