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There are six provinces in Spain where the number of property sales has increased by more than 100% from the minimums seen following the crisis. The recovery of the real-estate market continues and property sales continue to increase from the lows of 2013, the “annus horribilis” of the sector. Despite the fact that the latest Continue Reading
The number of property transfers registered in the property registers in March was 157,047. This represents a decrease of 7.8% when compared to March in 2017. Of those transfers, 81,303 were property sales, an annual decrease of 5.4%. 84.8% of those property sales were urban properties, with the remaining 15.2% being rural. In the case Continue Reading
Second-hand house prices in Spain stood at an average of €1,765 p/m² in April, an increase of 0.7% when compared to March. This confirms that the price of second-hand housing is stable and is fluctuating only slightly month to month. With respect to the annual variation, the price in April represented an increase of 5.4% Continue Reading
The number of new mortgages registered in 2017 was 310,640, an increase of 10.9% with respect to 2016. The autonomous communities with the highest number of new mortgages were Andalucía (60,026), Comunidad de Madrid (56,866), Cataluña (50,848) and Comunidad Valenciana (32,408). Of all the autonomous communities the number of new mortgages on housing increased with Continue Reading
There were 39,945 housing sales in February, representing an annual increase of 2.7%, according to the latest report from the Council of Notaries. By type of property, the sale of apartments increased by 6.2%, while sales of single-family homes showed a notable fall of 11.6%, year-on-year. The increase in sales of apartments was due to Continue Reading
The price of used housing in Spain increased by 2.2% in the first quarter of the year. This brings the average price of a square metre to 1,621 euros, according to the latest idealista price index. When compared to the same period in 2017, the variation is +7.1%. Head of idealista studies, Fernando Encinar, says Continue Reading
The Spanish real estate market started 2018 with force with the best January property sales figures for 10 years. In January there were 176,911 property transfers in the registers, 13.2% more than in the previous January. When looking only at residential, there were 94,060 property sales, a 23.1% increase when compared to last January. 85.4% Continue Reading
Residential property sales in 2017 showed the best result since 2008 with a total of 532,367 purchases throughout the year. This represents a 16.3% increase when compared to the previous year. Compared to the peak in 2006 (when sales reached 955,186 houses), we are still 44% below the maximum. However, compared to the 2013 minimums Continue Reading
Seven out of 10 buyers who purchased a home in Spain in 2017 required bank financing and/or family assistance. In six out of 10 cases, only bank financing was required to complete a purchase. In one out of 10 cases, buyers also required family assistance on top of bank finance to buy their home. These Continue Reading
The average price of second-hand housing in Spain in February was 1,574 euros per square metre. This represents a fall of -0.06% compared to January, when the price per unit area was 1,575 euros. When compared to February 2017 the variation was +2.21%. According to Ferran Font, director of studies at pisos.com, “recovery is a Continue Reading
