House prices across Europe: where they're rising fastest and why

Don't forget that in the EU governments love the revenues from real-estate: higher real estate means the, say, 12% that goes to the state when an apartment our house changes hand is juicier.

And higher real-estate price means higher recurring yearly taxes on real-estate/land.

Also high real-estate price means inheritance taxes of 30% are very juicy on real-estate when someone dies for the government.

Governments have zero concerns for the essential structure needed for people to live but they do have a lot of love for the huge amounts that comes into their ever deeper pockets.