Steeper rise was only reported in the Czech Republic (11%) and Hungary (9.7%).
In Latvia, housing prices went up by 9% and in Estonia by 7.7% in October-December of 2016, as compared with the same period last year.
Q-o-q, the growth was 1.8% in Lithuania, 2% in Latvia and 1.1% in Estonia.
Across the EU, housing prices increased by an average of 4.7% y-o-y and by 0.8% q-o-q.