{
  "query": {
    "country": "ES"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "index",
    "unit": "index points (2015 = 100)",
    "value": 200.6,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-04-01",
    "to": "2026-06-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-Q2",
    "note": "This is an official house price index (2015 = 100), not a price in money and not a list of sales."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-21T08:36:16.481Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "eu-home-price-index",
    "name": "House price index, quarterly data (prc_hpi_q), all dwellings purchased by households",
    "publisher": "Eurostat (European Commission)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0); Eurostat authorises reuse for commercial and non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged",
    "licence_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice",
    "attribution": "Source: Eurostat, dataset prc_hpi_q (House price index, quarterly data, https://doi.org/10.2908/PRC_HPI_Q). Reused under the Eurostat copyright notice (CC BY 4.0). Index values are passed on as published; the percentage changes are calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hpi_q/default/table?lang=en"
  },
  "method": "Eurostat publishes every quarter the house price index (2015 = 100) of the prices households paid for dwellings, built by each country's statistics office from purchase transactions (dataset prc_hpi_q). ProofPrice returns the published index for the latest quarter Eurostat holds for the country, unchanged, with the change from the previous quarter and from the same quarter a year earlier. It is an index, not a price in money: no range is calculated and Eurostat does not say how many sales are behind it.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The official house price index for Spain was 200.6 in the second quarter of 2026 (2015 = 100; an index of what households paid for homes, not a price in money). 12.1% higher than a year earlier (178.9). Against the first quarter of 2026 (194.1), the change is +3.4%. Official average published by Eurostat (European Commission) for 2026-Q2.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Spain",
    "reference_period_label": "the second quarter of 2026",
    "index_base": "2015 = 100",
    "change_from_previous_quarter": {
      "reference_period": "2026-Q1",
      "index": 194.06,
      "change_percent": 3.4
    },
    "change_from_year_earlier": {
      "reference_period": "2025-Q2",
      "index": 178.89,
      "change_percent": 12.1
    },
    "dataset": {
      "code": "prc_hpi_q",
      "title": "House price index - quarterly data",
      "updated": "2026-10-01T11:00:00+0200",
      "doi": "https://doi.org/10.2908/PRC_HPI_Q",
      "latest_period_in_dataset": "2026-Q2"
    },
    "eurostat_api_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/prc_hpi_q?format=JSON&lang=EN&purchase=TOTAL&unit=I15_Q&geo=ES&lastTimePeriod=6"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_e805e280195ea9d37254",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-21T08:36:16.481Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-06-30",
  "data_age_days": 113,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}