New Delhi, July 19 -- LONDON - European housing markets ended 2025 with a broad recovery that reached 17 of the continent's 20 major economies, driven by falling mortgage costs after years of rate increases that had suppressed transaction volumes across the bloc. Slovenia led all markets with growth of 29.9 percent, Lithuania posted a 22.8 percent rise, and Austria climbed 21.4 percent, with Belgium, Luxembourg, and Hungary each recording double-digit gains.

"Residential property transactions are mainly influenced by mortgage affordability, interest rates, household incomes, employment, consumer confidence, and housing supply." Of those factors, interest rates and affordability were the variables most in motion in 2025.

France's recover...