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The number of unsold new housing stood at 476,938 units, at the end of 2017. This figure is not far from those seen before the bubble burst. In 2007, unsold stock amounted to 413,642. In 2016, the stock fell by 3%, and from the highs of 2009 (649,780 units), the stock has fallen by 26.6%, Continue Reading
Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport has handled 2.1% more passengers and 2.8% more flights between January and July this year than it did in the same period last year. Specifically, in the first seven months of the year, the airport has seen over 10.8 million passengers distributed across more than 80,000 flights. The bulk of the Continue Reading
The average price of renting a house in Spain fell by 1% in July, to stand at an average cost per square metre of 8.37 euros per month. On a monthly basis, the variation showed a small increase in only Madrid (+1.4%) and Murcia (+0.9%), according to data from fotocasa. The current average price returns Continue Reading
The cost of renting a room in a shared property has increased by 7% over the last year. This brings the average cost to 331 euros per month, according to a study by idealista. At the same time, the amount of available rooms has reduced by 3.3% which is likely to keep prices rising. In Continue Reading
The price of used property in Spain registered an increase of 1.6% in July, to stand at an average of 1,690 euros/m², according to the latest figures from idealista. If we look at the data from last year the interannual increase is 9.3%. Autonomous Communities Of all the communities, only Galicia saw a fall in Continue Reading
There were more than 31,000 new mortgage approvals for home purchases in May, 7.3% more than in May 2017. The average amount of those new loans was 117,044 euros, representing an increase of 2.8%. The total capital borrowed for housing, in May, was 3,647.8 million euros, an annual increase of 10.3%, according to the latest Continue Reading
The price of luxury housing in Spain continues to go up. In particular, the Andalusian coast is one of the destinations that most seduce both international and local investors. This has led to luxury housing soaring in price, with the average luxury home in the coastal haven now above 2 million euros. The luxury sector Continue Reading
The price of second-hand housing in Spain registered an increase of 1.1% during June, bringing the average per square metre to 1,664 euros. When compared to the same month in 2017 (1,554 euros), the year-on-year increase is 7.1%, according to the latest data from idealista. Autonomous Communities Prices fell in eight communities in June. The Continue Reading
In 2017, there were 26,645,100 registered homes in Spain, 0.23% more than in 2016, the largest increase since 2013. Thus, in one year the housing stock has increased by more than 58,000 properties, according to data from the Ministry of Development. Andalusia was the community with the most stock, with a total of 4,422,047 registered Continue Reading
The number of transferred properties written in the property registers (from public deeds) in the month of May is 183,748, which represents a 9.8% increase over the same month of 2017. Of the total transfers, 93,366 were property sales, representing an annual increase of 4.1%, according to the latest figures from the INE. Nicolas de Continue Reading
