歐洲房價持續下跌，西班牙跌幅最嚇人

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HOUSE PRICES IN The European Union are continuing to drop with the most recent figures showing a fall 1.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to last year.

歐洲房價繼續呈現下跌趨勢，最新數據顯示，2013年第一季度的房價和去年同期相比， 下跌了1.4個%。

The figures, published by Eurostat today, show that in the eurozone area there was a drop in prices of 2.2 per cent.

今天歐盟統計局發佈新數據，歐盟區的房價整體下跌了了2.2%。

Compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, house prices fell by 1 per cent in the eurozone area and 0.6 per cent in the EU in the first quarter of this year.

2013年房價與2012年末季度相比，歐盟區房價下跌了一個百分點，英國下降了0.6%。

Countries with the highest increases during this period include Romania, up 4.3 per cent and Estonia, up 3.1 per cent.

在這個時期內，歐盟區房價下跌最嚴重地區包括了羅馬尼亞和愛沙尼亞，羅馬尼亞下跌了4.3%，而愛莎尼亞下跌了3.1%。

In Ireland, house prices were down 3 per cent in the first three months of this year, though the largest decline was in Spain which saw prices fall 12.8 per cent.

愛爾蘭房價下跌3%，而西班牙的房價下跌最多，下跌高達12.8%。