(Finance) – Brick prices are rising again generously, driven both by a rather lively volume of sales and by the increase in inflation and the high cost of living. This is what emerges from the latest quarterly reports ofIstataccording to which, in the fourth quarter of 2021, i housing prices purchased by families for residential purposes or for investment are increased by 0.1% compared to the quarter previous e 4% compared to the same period in 2020 (it was + 4.1% in the third quarter of 2021).
The trend growth is due both to the prices of new homes (+ 5.3%)both at the prices of existing homes (+ 3.9%) while the trend over the quarter is due solely to new homes which recorded a 1.1% growth.
A very positive trend is recorded in all geographical areas: more marked for the breakdowns of North and for the Center (+4.4 in the North-West; + 4.7% in the North-East and + 5% in the Center) and more contained in the South and Islands (+ 1.3%). Increases for all cities, in particular Milan which is + 6.1%, Rome with a + 5.2% e Turin with a + 3.1%.
“These trends are manifested in a context of lively growth in sales volumes”, explains the Institute of Statistics, recalling that the data from the Real Estate Market Observatory of the Revenue Agency for the residential sector indicate a + 15.9% for the fourth quarter of 2021 after the + 21.9% of the previous quarter.
Over the course of 2021, house prices increased by an average of 2.5%, with the prices of new homes that register a + 3.8% and those of existing homes (which account for more than 80% of the aggregate index) that grow by 2.3%. This is the largest growth since 2010 starting year of the historical series, compared to which house prices are still decreasing by 12.8% (-19.8% for existing houses, + 7.6% for new ones).
The rate of change acquired for 2022 is + 1% (+ 0.8% for existing homes and + 2.4% for new homes).