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Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have all seen price increases exceeding 90%. PHOTO BY JAMIE ON UNSPLASH

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In the six years since British voters opted to leave the European Union in June 2016, home prices have skyrocketed across both the U.K. and Europe.

However, uncertainty surrounding Brexit put a years-long damper on prices across the U.K., which didnt complete its departure from the EUuntil early 2020. As a result, European housing markets appear to have the edge over the U.K.s, according to a report Wednesday by Knight Frank.

All told, home prices in Knight Franks Global House Price Index in the 27 countries that make up the EU have increased by 39.3% since June 2016, with nearly half of that growth occurring in the past two years. In the U.K., home prices have increased by 30.8% since the Brexit vote.

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Central European countries have seen particularly strong price growth, with Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic all seeing price increases exceeding 90% in the past six years. The Netherlands and Luxembourg saw the next highest rates of price growth, at 76.3% and 70.1%, respectively. Lithuania, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, and Germany all saw rates of growth higher than 50%.

Italy, Spain and Greece experienced some of Europes lowest price growth during the same period, and may see price drops as housing and financial markets continue to tighten, according to Knight Frank.With the U.S. and U.K. moving more swiftly than the European Union to raise interest rates and tame inflation and home price growth, buyers from both regions may soon look to EU properties as currency play in order to take advantage of a weaker euro, Knight Frank notes.

This article originally appeared on Mansion Global.

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