House prices in Ireland are rising faster than almost every other country in Europe.
Figures released by the EU this morning show Irish house prices rose by 4.1 per cent between June and September of last year.
Only Estonia - which is currently in the middle of an economic boom - had a higher increase.
On average house prices in the Eurozone fell by 1.3 per cent, and by 0.5 per cent in the European Union as a whole.
