'Housing in the EU: own or rent?'

Жилье в ЕС: собственное или арендованное?

Housing in the EU: own or rent?

Housing prices in Spain

Spain has traditionally been considered a country of homeowners. And it still is, even though home ownership has declined in recent years. According to the European Statistical Service (Eurostat), in 2021, 75.8% of the Spanish population lived in their own homes, while 24.2% lived in rented accommodation.

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However, Spain's home ownership rate lags far behind Romania, a European Union country, where 95.3% of the population owns their own home. On the other hand, Germany is a Member State where living in rented housing is more popular as 50.9% of the population are''tenants.