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Used Housing Prices Up 2.2% in First Quarter

Used property prices increased 2.2% in Q1

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

Urban Land Sales Increased in Last Quarter

Urban land sales increased in Q4

The number of urban land sales in Spain, the total area and the total value of sales increased in the last quarter of 2017. However, the average price of a square metre of urban land decreased in the fourth quarter of 2017 to stand at 153 euros. This represents a fall of 10.9% year-on-year. When Continue Reading

Property Sales Strong Start to 2018

Best January figures for 10 years

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 Highest Since 2008

Number of home sales by year

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

Used Property Prices Up 2.21% in February

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

Travellers to Marbella Increased in January

Hotel Puente Romano - ready to play!

Despite a pretty cold start to the year, Marbella hosted almost 30,000 travellers in January. This represents an increase of 18.49% when compared to the same month in the previous year. According to data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), more than 74% of visitors came to the city Continue Reading

Cost of Renting Increased Again in January

Year-on-Year Variations in January by Autonomous Community

The cost of renting housing in Spain increased by 3.5% in January to stand at €8.44 p/m² per month. This is the largest monthly increase since March 2007 when the monthly variation was 6.3%. On a monthly basis, the cost of renting increased in 15 communities and decreased in two. The highest increase was recorded Continue Reading

Record Number of Foreign Buyers in 2017

2017 saw many records broken in Spain in relation to tourism and the real estate market. Now, figures from the Association of Registrars shows the number of properties sold to foreign buyers also broke records. During 2017, foreign buyers bought more than 61,000 homes in Spain, mostly in the coastal provinces and the islands. According Continue Reading

Spanish Home Sales Up 9.2% in December

10.7% increase in home sales in Andalucia

The number of properties transferred in the national property registers in December was 125,263, 1.9% more than the previous December. Of those transfers, the total number of sales/purchases was 64,135, representing an annual increase of 4.1%. 85% of those properties were urban, while the remaining 15% were rural properties. In the case of urban properties, Continue Reading

A Busy Start To 2018 for Málaga Airport

Malaga airport saw 7.8% increase in passengers

Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport started 2018 with a 7.8% increase in passenger numbers. There was also a 6.8% increase in flight operations, when compared to January 2017. Specifically, there were 935,155 travellers distributed over 7,785 flights, according to the latest figures from airport operator AENA. The bulk of passengers (929,163) counted in January moved on Continue Reading