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Slowdown in Property Sales in July

New property sales fell 33.1%

In July, there were 46,015 housing sales, an interannual fall of 20.8%, according to a report from the General Council of Notaries. By type of housing, there was a 21.6% year-on-year fall in the sale of apartments, while sales of single-family homes fell by 17.5%. The falls were due to a fall of 33.1% in Continue Reading

Who is Looking For New Build Property?

29% of Spanish buyers opted for a new property

Over the last 12 months, 4% of Spaniards bought a home in Spain, and of these, 29% opted for a new build property, compared to 71% who bought a resale property. This is according to the report “Profile of a New Property Buyer 2017-2018”, published by fotocasa. The aim of the report was to gain Continue Reading

Property Sales Rebound in April

Home sales increased 58.3% in April

Following a slight dip in March, property transfers across Spain rebounded in April, registering a year-on-year increase of 20.8%, according to figures from the INE. The total number of properties transferred in the property registers in April reached 161,444. However, as Holy Week was in March this year and in April last year, it makes Continue Reading

Used Property Prices Up in May

A square metre in Barcelona now over €4,000

According to the latest figures from pisos.com, average property prices of used housing in Spain increased in May by 1.08%, when compared to April. The average price now stands at 1,589 euros per square metre. In April the average price was 1,572 euros. With respect to May in the previous year, the increase is 3.05%, Continue Reading

Five Arrested For Fake Property Scam

Over €500,000 was scammed from victims

The National Police have arrested five people in Marbella – four men and one woman – for allegedly cheating more than half a million euros out of people responding to adverts in a massive fake property scam. The five are alleged to have promoted “new developments” on real estate websites at very attractive prices in Continue Reading

Property Sales Slowed in March

Sales of new property fell 4.6% in March

The number of property transfers registered in the property registers in March was 157,047. This represents a decrease of 7.8% when compared to March in 2017. Of those transfers, 81,303 were property sales, an annual decrease of 5.4%. 84.8% of those property sales were urban properties, with the remaining 15.2% being rural. In the case 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

Buyers Turning Away From New Property

New property is too expensive most buyers

New property has typically been sparse as available plots of land become scarce and although new construction has returned to many areas, Spain is still suffering from a lack of “new” stock. According to a survey carried out by idealista, 3 out of 4 buyers have ruled out searching for new homes as the prices Continue Reading

Home Sales Increased 11% in September

18.3% of sales in September were for new property

The number of property transfers registered in the property registers in the month of September was 135,170. This is 1.8% more than in the same month in 2016, according to the latest data from the INE. Of those, the total number of property sales/purchases was a little over 74,000, an annual increase of 7.6%. 86.6% Continue Reading

Purchase and Sale of Housing Fell in April

House purchases fell by 2% in April

The total amount of housing purchase and sale transactions in April 2017 was 40,005, representing a year-on-year decline of 2%. Transactions involving resale property increased by 1.2%, while the sale of new property fell by 10.7%, year-on-year. The sale of single-family properties showed an annual variation of -3.8%, while sales of flats fell by 1.5%. Continue Reading