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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

Majority of Bank Stock is Small and Out of Town

Banks are selling of their stock

Since the financial crisis, many properties were taken back by the banks as owners struggled to keep up with their repayments. Today, a lot of bank stock is on the market, many thousands of properties, at prices well below market-value as the financial institutions that caused the crisis with their irresponsible lending attempt to claw Continue Reading

4 Million Tourists Visited Spain in December

Spain isn't just for sunbathing!

Despite the winter weather, Spain still managed to attract over four million international tourists in December, 0.2% less than in the same month in 2016. As usual, the UK was the main emitting country, with over 800,000 Brits choosing Spain for their winter vacation. Brits made up 20.4% of the total, 7.6% less when compared Continue Reading

Used Property Prices Still Increasing

Prices increased 1.1% in Malaga, in January

It’s February already! How did that happen? All pointers at the end of last year suggested we would see a good 2018 and it has certainly started well. Used property prices in Spain registered a monthly increase of 0.7%, to stand at 1,597 euros p/m². When compared to January last year (1,508 euros p/m²), the Continue Reading

Number of Home Mortgages Fell in November

Number of new mortgages fell in November

The average amount of new mortgages approved in November was 145,769 euros. This is 15.1% higher than in the same month in 2016. This is according to the latest data released by the INE. The number of new mortgages on homes was 24,882. This represents a 3.7% fall compared to the previous year. The average Continue Reading

“Capitals and large cities” Top House Price Increases

The Mediterranean Coast was hit hardest by the crisis

The Tinsa IMIE General Index and Large Markets, which is calculated from the appraisals of finished housing (new and used), collects each month the interannual variation of the value of a m² of property and its level with respect to 2001 (base 1,000) in five representative areas that make up the housing market: “Capitals and Continue Reading

November Saw Property Sales Increase

Home sales increased 18.1% in November

There were 153,390 property transfers recorded in the property registers in November 2017. This represents a 4.9% increase when compared to the same month in 2016 , according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). 85.4% of the purchases correspond to urban property, with the remaining 14.6% being for rural properties. Continue Reading

Cost of Renting Up 18.4% in 2017

Barcelona has the highest cost of renting

The cost of renting housing in Spain experienced a rebound in 2017 and ended the year with an annual increase of 18.4%. This leaves the average cost per month at 9.7 euros per square metre. The fourth quarter of the year saw a slowdown in the pace of growth as prices only increased by 3.3% Continue Reading