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Malaga Airport Saw Passenger Increase in February

Malaga handled 15.1% more passengers in February

Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport recorded 15.1% more passengers in February, and 16.4% more flight operations than in the same month of 2016, according to airport network AENA. February saw 914,921 passengers travel on 7,364 flights, exceeding last February despite there being only 28 days in the month this year. The bulk of passengers travelled on Continue Reading

Prices Down 100 Thousand Euros in Ten Years

Prices are down 43.7% since the crisis

The last ten years has seen the price of second-hand housing in Spain fall by an average of 103,294 euros, since the peak of April 2007. Back before the global financial crisis, the average price for a property of 80 square metres was 236,174 euros (2,952 euros/m²), but by February 2017 that price has fallen Continue Reading

Property Prices Dropped 0.7% in February

Property prices fell 0.7% in February

Resale property prices in Spain registered a slight fall in February. The average price stands at 1,497 euros per square metre, a fall of 0.7% when compared to January. When compared to February 2016, the interannual variation is -5.4%, according to data released by idealista. Autonomous Communities February saw the price of resale property increase Continue Reading

Brexit? Brits Still Dominate Sales to Foreigners

Sun, sea and sand still attracting British buyers

The purchase of housing in Spain by foreigners continues to gain weight, according to data from property registrars. However, the results of the Brexit referendum appear to have reduced the number of sales to British buyers. In 2016, foreigners acquired more than 53,000 homes, representing the highest figure in the historical series (starting in 2006), Continue Reading

Rental Costs Increased in January

The cost of renting increased in January

Rental costs in Spain increased by 1.7% in January to stand at an average of 7.61 € per square metre per month. This is the largest monthly increase since December 2007 when prices increased by 1.8% over the previous month. Additionally, year-on-year the price of rental housing has increased by 7.9% when compared to January Continue Reading

Property Sales in December and 2016 Results

Property sales increased 5.9% in December

December 2016 saw a little over 60,000 property sales in Spain, an annual increase of 5.9%. 83.6% of purchases registered in December correspond to urban properties, and 16.4% to rustic. In the case of urban property sales, 57.3% were residential property. The number of sales of rural properties increased by 7.4%, year-on-year, while the number Continue Reading

Resale Property Prices Fell in January

Property prices fell 2,6% in January

After a good year in 2016, this year has started slowly for the real-estate market with the price of used housing registering a slight decline in January. The price of a square metre fell by 2.6%, to stand at 1,508 euros, according to figures released by idealista. Compared to January 2016, the annual decline is Continue Reading

Estepona Attracting Investment

The Valle Romano Golf Resort, Estepona

Investment fund HIG Capital has signed an agreement with real estate developer Neinor Homes for the purchase of 430 apartments located in the Valle Romano Golf complex in Estepona (Málaga), in a deal worth around 32 million euros. The Valle Romano Golf Resort is located next to a golf course of 60 hectares with eighteen Continue Reading

Málaga Airport Traffic Increased in 2016

Málaga Airport handled 7,647 flights in December

Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport exceeded 16 million passengers in 2016, thanks to growth in both the foreign and domestic markets. The total number of passengers to pass through the airport was 16,672,776, according to data from AENA. This represents an increase of 15.7% when compared to the previous year. The bulk of those passengers (16,621,669) Continue Reading

Profitability of Housing as an Investment Grows

Rental investment returns on housing increased in 2016

Return on investment for property bought to rent increased in 2016 across all property types. The average profitability offered by investment in rental housing has increased to 6.3%, from 5.5% in the previous year, due to the higher growth rate of rental prices compared to sales prices. According to a study by idealista, which looks Continue Reading