Category: News

January 4, 2024

UCI Survey: Spanish Property Market Trends Revealed

In the results of the 17th edition of the UCI and SIRA Real Estate Barometer, titled ‘The Sentiment of Real Estate Professionals,’ significant insights into the Spanish property market have emerged.ย  Optimism in the Real Estate Sector Regarding the outlook for the real estate sector, 49% of surveyedย real estate agents in Spainย perceive an increase or stabilization in the number of selling clients, while the remaining […]

November 23, 2023

Spain’s Real Estate Market Defies Concerns

Market Update: Spain’s real estate market defies global economic concerns, boasting the Eurozone’s highest growth forecast at 2.2%-2.4% by 2023, according to pisos.com. Despite a slowdown in transactions and mortgages, substantial price drops have not materialized, attributing the market’s resilience to an ongoing housing supply shortage. Ferran Font, Director of Studies at pisos.com, underscores the scarcity of available properties, driven by disruptions in construction due […]

November 9, 2023

Spain’s International Arrivals Surge: 10% in September

In September 2023, the number of passengers arriving in #Spain from international airports reached ๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, marking ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž compared to the same month in 2022, according to data from Turespaรฑa. From January to September, Spain received 73.2 million international passengers, showing a 19.1% growth compared to the same period in 2022. However, arrivals remain 1.5% below the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. The ๐”๐Š […]

November 8, 2023

Spain Property Sales Drop 14.9%

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Home sales in Spain experienced a drop of 14.9% in September compared to (a very strong month) last year. In September, the number of home sales reached 48,196 units, with an average price per square meter of 1,643 euros, showing a very slight 0.9% drop. Although apartment prices fell by […]

October 14, 2023

Market Update – German property crisis likely effect on Spain

Is the real estate crisis in Germany likely to impact the Spanish property market? As insolvencies plague the German real estate sector, it’s noteworthy that German buyers rank as the second-largest foreign group investing in Spanish property, just after the British. The crisis in Germany, driven by falling property prices, reduced demand, and credit constraints, could affect sales to German buyers. In Q2 2023 Germans […]

October 14, 2023

Spain’s Real Estate Market Snapshot for H1 2023

The latest data from the Notarial Statistics reveals a shift in foreign real estate transactions in Spain. In the first half of 2023, we observed a 7.5% YoY decrease in property purchases by non-Spanish nationals, totaling 67,983 transactions, as compared to the robust 9.8% growth in the second half of 2022. While 56.8% of these transactions were initiated by foreign residents, showing a slight 3.4% […]

September 11, 2023

Design Hills Dolce&Gabbana Marbella, Launched

DOLCE&GABBANA and Sierra Blanca Estates Developments unveiled new details about their joint ultra-luxury #brandedresidences real estate project, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š, during a private presentation event on Friday attended by Domenico Dolce, as any of you on Instagram will have no doubt seen. During the presentation event, Dolce&Gabbana and Sierra Blanca Estates were able to unveil the first digital images of their future joint project, as […]

August 6, 2023

Spain New build sales rise: bucking trend?

The number of homes sold in Spain in June experienced a 6.4% decline compared to the same period last year, amounting to 53,999 transactions, as reported by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This marks the fifth consecutive month of declines in the housing market. The sale of resale properties saw a significant decrease of 9.7% during the sixth month of the year, with a […]

April 20, 2023

Spain has some of the cheapest mortgages in Europe

Good news! Spain has some of the cheapest mortgages in Europe, even though interest rates have gone up recently. Out of 12 European countries, Spain ranked fourth with an average interest rate of 2.02% in Q3 2022, behind Portugal, France, and Denmark. The average interest rate for all 12 countries was 3.48%, which is a bit higher than before. Spain has a lot of people […]

February 8, 2023

Spain Property Sales +6.1% in 2022

The number of properties sold in Spain in 2022 increased by 6.1% and prices were up by 7.2% compared to 2021, according to official stats released yesterday by Spain’s Notaries. Regionally, the two which stand out in terms of volume of properties sold in 2022 were the Canary Islands with +26.9% and the Valencian Community with +14.0%. Andalucia was +2.7% Although I haven’t studied the […]