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There were 142,976 property transfers (sales/purchases, inheritance, exchange, donation) registered in the property records in August. This is 5.9% more than in the same month last year. This is yet another increase and adds further confirmation that the Spanish property market is recovering well from years of slowdown following the 2007 crisis. In terms of Continue Reading
In 2016, 44% of buyers looked online for properties for sale. Among younger buyers that number is even higher with 58% of Millennials* using the internet to find their next home. Most buyers will have seen a dozen or so properties online before they step foot inside any of them. This is why your photos Continue Reading
According to the latest figures from the INE, July saw a 16.8% increase in the number of homes sold in Spain, when compared to the previous year. So, has the market stabilised? Are sales back up to pre-crisis levels? To try and answer those questions we take a brief look at the Q1 sales results Continue Reading
According to the latest monthly sales price report from pisos.com, the average price of second-hand housing in Spain was 1,528 euros per square metre in August 2017. This figure represents an increase of 0.2% compared to the previous month. On a year-on-year basis the variation is -1.99%. The price of housing has recently been fluctuating Continue Reading
13% of house purchases in Spain are for second homes, according to the report “Profile of the second home buyer in Spain”, by fotocasa. Second homes are the second most popular reason for buying a property. The most popular reason is of course for a primary residence with 75% of sales being for that reason. Continue Reading
The urbanisation La Zagaleta, located in Benahavís, Malaga, holds the record for being the most expensive residential area in the whole of Spain. Homes in this exclusive development exceed 5.6 million euros on average. Despite being private homes, not hotels, most properties in La Zagaleta have more than 8,000m² plots, elevators, a cinema room and/or Continue Reading
The average price of used property in Spain stood at 1,700€ p/m² in July, a monthly increase of 0.4%. This increase shows we are seeing prices stabilise and we are leaving behind the large price falls of recent years. The price in July was 4.6% more than the same month in 2016 and is the Continue Reading
There were 88,034 property sales/purchases in June, an annual increase of 18.6%. Compared to the previous month the number fell by 1.3%, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics. 86.8% of the properties sold were urban properties, compared to 13.2% rustic property. In the case of urban properties, 57.8% were for home Continue Reading
Despite being one of the hottest summers, Spain’s housing stock shows that not everybody has the benefit of air-conditioning. In fact, only 30.1% of homes currently for sale or rent in Spain are equipped with any form of cooling, according to a study by idealista. For the study, the property portal analysed 900,000 homes currently Continue Reading
There was an increase in housing sales in most of Spain’s autonomous communities in the first quarter of 2017. This is according to the latest figures released by the National Council of Notaries. In the first quarter, the sale of housing saw average national growth of 19.2% year-on-year. All the autonomous communities saw growth except Continue Reading
